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The Wife Takes a Flyer
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The Wife Takes a Flyer

Apr 28, 1942
1h 26m
★ 4.5

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

Overview

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.

Genres

War
Comedy
Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Joan Bennett

Anita Woverman

Joan Bennett

Franchot Tone

Christopher Reynolds

Franchot Tone

Allyn Joslyn

Major Zellfritz

Allyn Joslyn

Cecil Cunningham

Countess Oldenburg

Cecil Cunningham

Roger Clark

Keith

Roger Clark

Lloyd Corrigan

Thomas Woverman

Lloyd Corrigan

Lyle Latell

Muller

Lyle Latell

Georgia Caine

Mrs. Woverman

Georgia Caine

Barbara Brown

Maria Woverman

Barbara Brown

Erskine Sanford

Jan

Erskine Sanford

Chester Clute

Adolphe Bietjelboer

Chester Clute

Hans Conried

Hendrik Woverman

Hans Conried

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