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He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife

1940Movie⏱️ 1h 23mApproved
Comedy
6.1
IMDB Rating
289 votes

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.

Director
Roy Del Ruth
Writers
Sam Hellman, Darrell Ware, Lynn Starling
Stars
Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Roland Young
Release Date
January 19, 1940
Language
English, French
Country
United States
💬 8
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea
as T.H. Randall
Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly
as Valerie
Roland Young
Roland Young
as Bill Carter
Mary Boland
Mary Boland
as Ethel
Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero
as Freddie
Mary Healy
Mary Healy
as Doris
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot
as Paul Hunter
Elisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Dicky Brown
Barnett Parker
Barnett Parker
as Huggins
👤
Harry Hayden
as Prisoner

💰 Box Office

$50,600
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

screwball comedyalimonylawyeryogawedding

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

Got his mind on horses
by bkoganbing2015-04-26
5/10

"He Married His Wife casts Joel McCrea and Nancy Kelly as a pair of amiable former marrieds who broke up for McCrea's love of the sport of kings. Now McCrea's nags are interfering with his alimony payments and Kelly feels compelled to have him jailed. Only thing to do is get her married again which McCrea proposes to get Kelly hitched to their friend good old steady and reliable Lyle Talbot. The deed can be done at Mary Boland's place where the whole gang is spending a weekend. In fact another possible candidate visits Boland, Cesar Romero from South America. This all shouldn&a..."

💡 Did You Know?

The current print shown on the Fox Movie Channel (FMC) has no end credits. The AFI Catalogue lists additional credited cast, indicating they viewed a print with end credits. Added, in the following order, were Harry Hayden, Charles C. Wilson (as Charles Wilson), Charles D. Brown, Spencer Charters, Leyland Hodgson and William Edmunds.

📖 Synopsis

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.