The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
1h 26m
Running Time
April 28, 1942Release Date
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
1h 26m
Running Time
April 28, 1942Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.
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Cast & Crew.
Joan Bennett
Anita Woverman
Franchot Tone
Christopher Reynolds
Allyn Joslyn
Major Zellfritz
Cecil Cunningham
Countess Oldenburg
Roger Clark
Keith
Lloyd Corrigan
Thomas Woverman
Richard Wallace
Director
Lyle Latell
Muller
Gina Kaus
Writer
Jay Dratler
Writer
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Woverman
Harry Segall
Writer
Barbara Brown
Maria Woverman
B.P. Schulberg
Producer
Erskine Sanford
Jan
Werner R. Heymann
Composer
Chester Clute
Adolphe Bietjelboer
Hans Conried
Hendrik Woverman
Romaine Callender
Zanten
Aubrey Mather
Chief Justice
William Edmunds
Gustav
Margaret Seddon
The Twin
Kate MacKenna
The Twin
Josephine Allen
Woman
Frank Alten
German Orderly
Hugh Beaumont
Officer
Mary Bertrand
Woman
Elsie Bishop
Woman
Colin Blair
Man
Marie Blake
Frieda
Fredric Bolton
Cpl. Heinde
Lloyd Bridges
German Sergeant
Nora Cecil
Miss Updike
Wheaton Chambers
Chaplain
Leslie Denison
English Officer
Vernon Downing
English Officer
Carl Ekberg
Adolf Hitler
Nellie Farrell
Woman
Chris Franke
German Officer
Arno Frey
German Officer
Steven Geray
Gestapo Agent
Chuck Hamilton
German Officer
Hallene Hill
Old Lady
Max Hoffman Jr.
Sergeant
Gertrude Hoffmann
Mrs. Gruyson
Belle Johnstone
Woman
Kurt Katch
Capt. Schmutnick
Cy Kendall
Gestapo Agent
Manart Kippen
Gestapo Agent
Pat Lane
German Officer
Stella LeSaint
Woman
Lucille Lisle
Woman
Joe McGuinn
Lieutenant
John Merton
German Soldier
James Millican
Gestapo Agent
David Newell
German Officer
John S. Peters
German Officer
Curtis Railing
Mrs. Brandt
Gordon Richards
Maj. Wilson
Bert Roach
Guldschreschts
Erik Rolf
Gestapo Leader
Phoebe Rudd
Woman
Marie Spingold
Woman
Agnes Steele
Woman
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 28, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
escape
pilot
shelter
Wiki.
The Wife Takes a Flyer (aka Highly Irregular, UK title: A Yank in Dutch) is a 1942 romantic comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Wallace. The film stars Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone. The screenplay of The Wife Takes a Flyer was written by Jay Dratler, Gina Kaus and Harry Segall. The film's music score is by Werner R. Heymann.