Después de casarse con una teniente estadounidense con la que trabajó en la Alemania de posguerra, un capitán francés busca una manera de reunirse con ella en EE.UU. bajo la Ley de Esposas d... Leer todoDespués de casarse con una teniente estadounidense con la que trabajó en la Alemania de posguerra, un capitán francés busca una manera de reunirse con ella en EE.UU. bajo la Ley de Esposas de Guerra.Después de casarse con una teniente estadounidense con la que trabajó en la Alemania de posguerra, un capitán francés busca una manera de reunirse con ella en EE.UU. bajo la Ley de Esposas de Guerra.
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Premios
- 2 premios ganados y 3 nominaciones en total
- Capt. Jack Ramsey
- (as William Neff)
- Undetermined Role
- (escenas eliminadas)
- Lt. Kelly
- (escenas eliminadas)
- Lieutenant
- (escenas eliminadas)
- (as Robert Stevenson)
- Undetermined Role
- (escenas eliminadas)
- Col. Bliven
- (sin créditos)
- Mail Clerk
- (sin créditos)
- Barracks Private
- (sin créditos)
- Male Billet Sergeant
- (sin créditos)
- Soldier
- (sin créditos)
- WAC Announcer Officer
- (sin créditos)
- French Minister
- (sin créditos)
- Chaplain Willis
- (sin créditos)
Opiniones destacadas
It has a few shining, laugh out loud moments in the beginning and in the well known cross-dressing segment near the ending, but I found the middle to be long, slow and not very entertaining. The plot wasn't very interesting and Grant's adventures became repetitive and boring. Also, Grant isn't very convincing as a Frenchman, and I kept forgetting why he had trouble getting into the States in the first place. If you have trouble sitting through slow-moving movies, I would definitely not recommend this.
However, on the opposite side, there are a few funny moments, a cute romantic plot, and, of course, Cary Grant. See it if you wish, but be warned not to have too high of expectations.
I Was a Male War Bride divides neatly in two parts. In fact I'm convinced that a great deal was eliminated from the beginning because the film seems to start in the middle of the story. When it begins Sheridan, a member of the U.S. Women's Army Corps and Grant a French Army officer already know each other and well. Sheridan pushes Grant around the same way Hepburn did in Bringing Up Baby. After a whole lot of verbal banter with Sheridan taking the lead in it, they decide they're in love and want to be married.
But we're dealing with the army and there is a law about American soldiers taking foreign brides while on occupation duty. But no one had the foresight to realize that WACS may find husbands as well. The second half of the film are the frustrations in dealing with all the red tape.
It may seem ridiculous, but we're not only dealing with bureaucratic minds, but military bureaucratic minds. That mindset operates in every army on the planet. What's obvious to us, these folks can't or won't grasp.
Sheridan and Grant team well together. There are no other good secondary characters developed, most of the time it's Grant and Sheridan on the screen together. Sheridan does admirably as a Katharine Hepburn substitute.
You see I Was A Male War Bride and you can understand the military's opposition to gays in their ranks. They don't take to change easily and in fact do it worse than most segments of society.
For me, the funniest scene took place while Grant is waiting for the bus with all the brides. Over a loudspeaker, a female officer informs the women about the new styles in the states and the way hair is worn. Grant's face is priceless while she's talking.
The movie is cute and notable for Grant dressing like a woman and looking very homely. Ann Sheridan is very good. The film is a little slow, but if you love Cary Grant, you should enjoy it.
¿Sabías que…?
- TriviaHoward Hawks's first film to be shot in Europe, it was beset with problems. The German winter was unbearably cold, and most of the cast and crew fell ill after filming three months in Germany, and reached the Shepperton Studios in London, England. Ann Sheridan caught pleurisy (which developed into pneumonia); Randy Stuart was stricken with jaundice; Cary Grant contracted hepatitis with jaundice; and Hawks broke out in unexplained hives. Production was shut down for three months while Grant convalesced; it resumed only after he was able to regain around 37 pounds. Hawks best summed up the lapse in production: "Cary ran into a haystack on a motorcycle and came out weighing twenty pounds less."
- ErroresWith Catherine gone briefly, Henri is waiting and sleeping in the sidecar when some children put the motorcycle in gear. With no driver, the motorcycle increases in speed and shifts gears.
- Citas
Capt. Henri Rochard: My name is Rochard. You'll think I'm a bride but actually I'm a husband. There'll be a moment or two of confusion but, if we all keep our heads, everything will be fine.
- ConexionesFeatured in Mirror for Our Dreams: Story and Character (1968)
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Detalles
Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 2,000,000 (estimado)
- Tiempo de ejecución
- 1h 45min(105 min)
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1