Guest Wife

Guest Wife

HE BORROWS HER...HE LENDES HER!

1945 · 90 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy, Romance

Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing. On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife. In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.

Directed by Sam Wood · Written by Bruce Manning

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Cast

Claudette Colbert Mary Price
Don Ameche Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker
Dick Foran Christopher Price
Charles Dingle Arthur Truesdale Worth
Grant Mitchell House Detective
Wilma Francis Susy
Chester Clute Urban Nichols
Irving Bacon Nosey Stationmaster
Hal K. Dawson Dennis
Edward Fielding Arnold
Hazel Dohlman Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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