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The Corpse Came C.O.D. is a 1947 American comedy-mystery film directed by Henry Levin, produced by Samuel Bischoff and starring George Brent and Joan Blondell. The comedic mystery is notable for featuring cameos by Hollywood gossip columnists appearing as themselves: Harrison Carroll, Jimmy Fidler, George Fisher, Hedda Hopper, Erskine Johnson, Louella Parsons, and Sidney Skolsky. The movie is based on a novel by columnist Jimmy Starr, who also appears in the movie.

The Corpse Came C.O.D.
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Directed by	Henry Levin
Written by	Dwight V. Babcock George Bricker
Screenplay by	Dorothy B. Hughes Jack Henley
Based on	The Corpse Came C.O.D. 1944 novel by Jimmy Starr
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff
Starring	George Brent Joan Blondell Adele Jergens
Cinematography	Lucien N. Andriot
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Music by	George Duning
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 2, 1947 (1947-06-02)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Two reporters who are in love (Brent and Blondell) compete with each other when covering the story about the discovery of a corpse found at the mansion of a famous Hollywood movie actress.[1]

Cast

• George Brent as Joe Medford
• Joan Blondell as Rosemary Durant
• Adele Jergens as Mona Harrison
• Jim Bannon as Det. Lt. Mark Wilson
• Leslie Brooks as Peggy Holmes
• John Berkes as Larry Massey, Photographer
• Fred F. Sears as Det. Dave Short (as Fred Sears)
• William Trenk as Fields
• Grant Mitchell as Mitchell Edwards
• Una O'Connor as Nora
• Marvin Miller as Rudy Frasso

References

External links

• The Corpse Came C.O.D at IMDb
• The Corpse Came C.O.D at the TCM Movie Database
• The Corpse Came C.O.D. at AllMovie
• The Corpse Came C.O.D at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) and the Hollywood Gossip Columnists, Immortal Ephemera

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