The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Feb 19, 1943

1h 36m

★ 6.4

As a Secret Wife...She Doesn't Do Bad!

Overview

A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Music

Romance

War

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Ruth Kirke Holliday

Deanna Durbin

Tom Holliday

Edmond O'Brien

Timothy Blake

Barry Fitzgerald

Henderson

Arthur Treacher

Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday

Harry Davenport

Edgar Holliday

Grant Mitchell

Karen Holliday

Frieda Inescort

Elisabeth Risdon

Jonathan Hale

Esther Dale

Gus Schilling

John F. Hamilton

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