Movie: You Can't Fool Your Wife

Top 10 Billed Cast

Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball

Clara Fields Hinklin

James Ellison
James Ellison

Andrew Hinklin

Robert Coote
Robert Coote

Battincourt

William Halligan
William Halligan

J.R. Gillespie, Sr.

Emma Dunn
Emma Dunn

Mother Fields

Virginia Vale
Virginia Vale

Sally

Rosina Galli
Rosina Galli

Mama Brentoni

Charles Lane
Charles Lane

Salesman

Oscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea

Dr. Emery

Norman Mayes
Norman Mayes

Porter at Dock

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  • Overview

    Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky than idyllic.

  • Release Date

    1940-05-21

  • Average

    4.5

  • Rating:

    2.3 starts
  • Tagline

    IS SHE SWEETHEART-OR JUST PLAIN WIFE?

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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