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I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

1942Movie⏱️ 1h 17mApproved
ComedyFantasyRomance
7.1
IMDB Rating
10,696 votes

A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.

Director
René Clair
Writers
Robert Pirosh, Marc Connelly, Thorne Smith
Stars
Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley
Release Date
October 30, 1942
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 107
Reviews
📋 10.1K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Fredric March
Fredric March
as Jonathan Wooley
Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
as Jennifer
Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
as Dr. Dudley White
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward
as Estelle Masterson
Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway
as Daniel
Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson
as Margaret
Eily Malyon
Eily Malyon
as Tabitha Wooley
Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick
as J.B. Masterson
Robert Greig
Robert Greig
as Town Crier
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Viola Moore
as Martha

💰 Box Office

$27
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Rene Clair Productions, Paramount Pictures, Cinema Guild Productions

🏷️ Keywords

cursemarriagelove potion1940s1670s

🎯 Categories

Screwball ComedyComedyFantasyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Whimsical comedy with wonderful Lake...wooden March...
by Doylenf2001-05-24

"Veronica Lake and Cecil Kellaway seem to get into the spirit of this whimsical comedy about witchcraft--while Fredric March (who reportedly disliked working with Lake whom he considered an inferior actress) does not come off well in comedy. Lake plays a witch whose ancestors burned her at the stake 300 years ago. March is engaged to Susan Hayward, but with the entry of Lake into his life, everything goes haywire. March is a gubernatorial candidate whose election to office is threatened by Lake's dexterity with broomstick magic. Based on an unfinished novel by Thorne Smith (creator of &q..."

💡 Did You Know?

Veronica Lake and Fredric March did not like one another, due in part to some disparaging remarks March made about her. During filming, Lake delighted in playing pranks on March. In one scene in which the two were photographed from only the waist up, Lake stuck her foot in March's groin. In another incident, Lake hid a 40-pound weight under her costume when March had to carry her in his arms. After that incident, March nicknamed the film "I Married a Bitch".

📖 Synopsis

A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.