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The Wife Takes a Flyer
The Wife Takes a Flyer
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  2. The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer

1942
1h 26m
War
Comedy
Romance

Status

Released

Release

1942

Runtime

1h 26m

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Storyline

"SHOT DOWN FROM THE SKIES...BUT HIS HEAD WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS!"

Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 26m
Apr 28, 1942
Languages
English
Director
Richard Wallace
Richard Wallace
Production
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

70 Cast Members

Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

Anita Woverman

Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone

Christopher Reynolds

Allyn Joslyn

Allyn Joslyn

Major Zellfritz

Cecil Cunningham

Cecil Cunningham

Countess Oldenburg

Roger Clark

Roger Clark

Keith

Lloyd Corrigan

Lloyd Corrigan

Thomas Woverman

Lyle Latell

Lyle Latell

Muller

Georgia Caine

Georgia Caine

Mrs. Woverman

Barbara Brown

Barbara Brown

Maria Woverman

Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Jan

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Adolphe Bietjelboer

Hans Conried

Hans Conried

Hendrik Woverman

Romaine Callender

Romaine Callender

Zanten

Aubrey Mather

Aubrey Mather

Chief Justice

William Edmunds

William Edmunds

Gustav

Margaret Seddon

Margaret Seddon

The Twin

Kate MacKenna

The Twin

Josephine Allen

Woman

Frank Alten

German Orderly

Hugh Beaumont

Hugh Beaumont

Officer

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