The Corpse Came C.O.D.

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The Corpse Came C.O.D.

"Murder inside a studio!"

1947

1h 27m

5.7(3 votes)

Comedy

Mystery

Overview

Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.

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27 members

Acting

George Brent

Joe Medford

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Joan Blondell

Rosemary Durant

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Adele Jergens

Mona Harrison

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Jim Bannon

Det. Lt. Mark Wilson

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Leslie Brooks

Peggy Holmes

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Marvin Miller

Rudy Frasso

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Una O'Connor

Nora

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Grant Mitchell

Mitchell Edwards

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Mary Field

Felice

Directing

Fred F. Sears

Det. Dave Short (as Fred Sears)

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Cliff Clark

City Editor Emmett Willard

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John Berkes

Larry Massey, Photographer

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Willy Trenk-Trebitsch

Fields

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Don Wilson

Narrator

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Lane Chandler

Prison Guard

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Edith Evanson

Rose's Assistant

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William Forrest

Lance Fowler

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Gregory Gaye

Director

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Wilton Graff

Maxwell Kenyon

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Cosmo Sardo

Hector Rose

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Hedda Hopper

Herself

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Louella Parsons

Herself

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Sidney Skolsky

Himself

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Writing

Jimmy Starr

Himself

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Erskine Johnson

Himself

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Patsy Moran

Script Girl

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Kenner G. Kemp

Reporter

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