Wife Wanted (1946)
1h 13m
Running Time
November 2, 1946Release Date
Plot.
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.
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Cast & Crew.
Kay Francis
Carole Raymond
Paul Cavanagh
Jeffrey Caldwell
Robert Shayne
Bill Tyler
Teala Loring
Mildred Hayes
Veda Ann Borg
Nola Reed
John Gallaudet
Lee Kirby
Phil Karlson
Director
Caryl Coleman
Writer
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Wife Wanted is a 1946 American crime drama film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Kay Francis in her last film role, Paul Cavanagh, and Robert Shayne. The film's screenplay was written by Caryl Coleman and Sidney Sutherland, based on the novel Wife Wanted by Robert E. Callahan.