Back to browse
60% Critic Match
I Was a Mail Order Bride
6.0 / 10• 1982• 1h 32m•NR• English
ComedyTV MovieRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Valerie Bertinelli
Kate Tosconi
Lead
Ted Wass
Robert Fitzgerald
Holland Taylor
Dottie Birmingham
Sam Wanamaker
Frank Tosconi
Jason Bernard
Judge
Hoke Howell
Baliff
Kenneth Kimmins
Joe Kimbel
Karen Morrow
Eve Wister
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Marvin J. Chomsky's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. I Was a Mail Order Bride is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
