Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
1h 2m
Running Time
March 5, 1937Release Date
Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
1h 2m
Running Time
March 5, 1937Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
After being released from prison, con man Thurston Hall gathers his gang of cronies--along with innocent chump Guy Kibbee--to help him sell worthless stock in a New Mexico gold mine.
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Cast & Crew.
Guy Kibbee
Malcom 'Dinky' Winthrop
Una Merkel
Nancy Dorsey
Lynne Overman
Steve Dorsey
Thurston Hall
Major Manning
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Lazarus 'Cupid' Dougal
Frank M. Thomas
Insperator Mallory
William Demarest
Larry 'Horace' Tucker
Lucille Ball
Annie Howell
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
gold
con artist
criminal rehabilitation
Wiki.
Don't Tell the Wife is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne using a screenplay by Nat Perrin adapted from the play, Once Over Lightly, written by George Holland. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, and Lynne Overman, with Lucille Ball, William Demarest, and Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel in supporting roles. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, it premiered in New York City on February 18, 1937, and was released nationwide on March 5.