Film

The Wife Takes a Flyer 1942

86 min TMDB 5.5 War Comedy Romance

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

  • Joan Bennett as Anita Woverman
  • Franchot Tone as Christopher Reynolds
  • Allyn Joslyn as Major Zellfritz
  • Cecil Cunningham as Countess Oldenburg
  • Roger Clark as Keith
  • Lloyd Corrigan as Thomas Woverman

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