The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Romance Is Contagious! The Fun Is Catching!
1940 · 88 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy, Romance
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
Directed by Alexander Hall · Written by George Seaton
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Loretta Young June Cameron -
Ray Milland Dr. Timothy Sterling -
Reginald Gardiner John Pierce -
Gail Patrick Marilyn Thomas -
Edmund Gwenn Dr. Lionel Sterling -
Frank Sully Slapcovitch -
Gordon Jones O'Brien -
Georges Metaxa Jean Rovere -
Charles Halton Dr. Streeter - J Joseph Eggenton Dr. Nielson
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Paul McAllister Dean Lawton -
Chester Clute Johnson
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