04 Aug 1975
The Great MacArthy
Macarthy is a country town football champ who is kidnapped in a neon lit helicopter by tyrant Colonel Ball-Miller, the tycoon president of the South Melbourne football club.
The Bride Came C.O.D.
She Came Collect and his heart paid the freight . . . in the year's romantic explosion !
A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.
Top Billed Cast
James Cagney Steve Collins
Bette Davis Joan Winfield
Stuart Erwin Tommy Keenan
Eugene Pallette Lucius K. Winfield
Jack Carson Allen Brice
George Tobias Peewee Defoe
Harry Davenport Pop Tolliver
William Frawley Sheriff McGee
Edward Brophy Hinkle
Harry Holman Judge Sobler
George Davis Embassy Club Waiter (uncredited)
William Hopper Pilot
Chick Chandler Reporter
Herbert Anderson Reporter
Sam Harris Embassy Club Patron (uncredited)
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