I Was A Male War Bride (1949)

Stationed to work side by side on a mission in post war Germany, a French army officer (Cary Grant) and an American WAC Lieutenant (Ann Sheridan) fall in love. When they marry, complications arise as the only way for her husband to enter the U.S. is through the congressional act governing war brides. Based on MALE WAR BRIDE TRIAL TO ARMY by Roger Charlier and directed by Howard Hawks (RED RIVER). Hawks is an admired auteur but there's a surprising amount of routine films on his resume, this one among them. It's not bad, mind you but it's essentially a one joke movie that gets tiresome pretty quickly. Fortunately, Grant and Sheridan have a nice antagonistic chemistry but the entire red tape complications which are meant to be amusing are as frustrating to the viewer as it is to Grant's character. Even Grant's drag act falls flat. The film was a huge hit, however. With Kenneth Tobey, Eleanor Audley, Randy Stuart and Marion Marshall.