So You Want to Wear the Pants
Top 10 Billed Cast
Corporal Joe McDoakes
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Joe's Office Co-Worker (uncredited)
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
Army Sergeant (uncredited)
Bessie Backspace (uncredited)
Milkman (uncredited)
McDoakes' Lawyer (uncredited)
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Overview
It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.
Release Date
1952-11-08
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5
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