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He Married His Wife (1940)

"Here's the season's happiest comedy hit! The fun's uproarious...the romance too frantic for words!"

5.1/10 1h 23m Jan 19, 1940

Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.

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Movie Details

Original Title He Married His Wife
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea
T.H. Randall
Popularity: 4.6
Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly
Valerie
Popularity: 1.8
Mary Boland
Mary Boland
Ethel
Popularity: 1.5
Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero
Freddie
Popularity: 2.1
Roland Young
Roland Young
Bill Carter
Popularity: 6.4
Mary Healy
Mary Healy
Doris
Popularity: 1.2
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot
Paul Hunter
Popularity: 1.8
Elisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr.
Dicky Brown
Popularity: 1.3
Barnett Parker
Barnett Parker
Huggins
Popularity: 1.2
Harry Hayden
Harry Hayden
Prisoner
Popularity: 1.2
Charles C. Wilson
Charles C. Wilson
Warden
Popularity: 5.9
Charles D. Brown
Charles D. Brown
Detective
Popularity: 0.9

Key Crew

Director Roy Del Ruth
Screenplay Sam Hellman, Darrell Ware, Lynn Starling

Production

20th Century Fox
US

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Keywords

screwball comedy

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 5/10
Jan 10, 2024

This might have played out better had there not been a glaring inevitability to the denouement right from the start! Racehorse owner "Randall" (Joel McCrea) and ex-wife "Valerie" (Nancy Kelly) are having a dance when the cops show up and arrest him for non-payment of alimony. It's only a short term ... Read more

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Details
Release Date January 19, 1940
Runtime 1h 23m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
Links
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