I Was a Mail Order Bride

I Was a Mail Order Bride

1982•1h 32m•5.6/10

ComedyTV MovieRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(7)

On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assignment, and then makes another bet that he can keep the relationship platonic for two weeks.

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Production

MGM Television, Jaffe Productions, Tuxedo Limited Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Valerie Bertinelli

Valerie Bertinelli

Kate Tosconi

Ted Wass

Ted Wass

Robert Fitzgerald

Holland Taylor

Holland Taylor

Dottie Birmingham

Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker

Frank Tosconi

Jason Bernard

Jason Bernard

Judge

Hoke Howell

Hoke Howell

Baliff

Kenneth Kimmins

Kenneth Kimmins

Joe Kimbel

Karen Morrow

Karen Morrow

Eve Wister

Judith Baldwin

Judith Baldwin

Rita Kimbel

Jack Collins

Jack Collins

Archibald Tucker

David Chomsky

Bartender

Marie Denn

Marie Denn

Mrs. Tucker

Lynnda Ferguson

Kelly

Marii Mak

Japanese Woman

John Snee

Boy

Stephen Stout

Dad

Herb Vigran

Herb Vigran

Casey

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