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'Taint Legal
'Taint Legal
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  2. 'Taint Legal

'Taint Legal

1940
16m
Comedy
Romance

Status

Released

Release

1940

Runtime

16m

Storyline

Edgar Kennedy is over-joyed when told he has won a $5,000 prize in a "How To Be Happy Though Married" contest. A reporter interviews Edgar and his wife Vivien who tell him about their engagement and elopement. Then Viviens father tells them that according to a law he has found in a law-book, they aren't legally married. After a series of misadventures, they learn that the law is a new one and that the Kennedy marriage is legal.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
16m
May 25, 1940
Languages
English
Director
Harry D'Arcy
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

7 Cast Members

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar

Vivien Oakland

Vivien Oakland

Vivien

Billy Franey

Billy Franey

Vivien's Father

Arthur O'Connell

Arthur O'Connell

Book Salesman

Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Lou

Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Reporter

Bud Jamison

Bud Jamison

Cop

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