Starring George Brent, Joan Blondell, Adele Jergens, Jim Bannon, Leslie Brooks
Directed by Henry Levin

Print: black/white
Runtime: 87 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

Reminiscent of the classic "screwball" comedy-mysteries of the prewar years, Columbia's
The Corpse Came C.O.D stars Warner Bros. alumni George Brent and Joan Blondell as rival
Hollywood-based reporters Joe Medford and Rosemary Durant. When movie star Mona
Harrison (Adele Jergens) receives a dead body in her morning mail, Joe and Rosemary fall
over each other trying to solve the mystery and deliver a newspaper story "that'll tear this
town wide open." Joe deduces that the dead man was involved with a jewelry-smuggling
racket, while Rosemary chases down the stolen gems. Three murders later, the two
reporters expose the killer-and though it wouldn't be nice to reveal the killer's identity, it's
also worth noting that it won't be much of a surprise, either. Topheavy with comedy at the
expense of mystery, The Corpse Came C.O.D. is an entertaining trifle, with the actual
Columbia backlot standing in for the movie's fictional film studio.