He Married His Wife
Here's the season's happiest comedy hit! The fun's uproarious...the romance too frantic for words!
1940 · 83 min · ★ 5.6
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
Directed by Roy Del Ruth · Written by Lynn Starling
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Joel McCrea T.H. Randall -
Nancy Kelly Valerie -
Mary Boland Ethel -
Cesar Romero Freddie -
Roland Young Bill Carter -
Mary Healy Doris -
Lyle Talbot Paul Hunter -
Elisha Cook Jr. Dicky Brown -
Barnett Parker Huggins -
Harry Hayden Prisoner -
Charles Cahill Wilson Warden -
Charles D. Brown Detective
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