Married Bachelor

Married Bachelor

SHE - wanted to settle down and leave her hotel by the front door, instead of sneaking down a fire escape!

1941 · 81 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy

A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling book about married life (actually written by an eccentric professor) in order to pay off a debt to a gangster.

Directed by Edward Buzzell · Written by Manuel Seff

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