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The Wife Takes a Flyer(1942)
Status: Released
Date: 1942-04-28
45%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
SHOT DOWN FROM THE SKIES...BUT HIS HEAD WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Movie: The Wife Takes a Flyer
Top 10 Billed Cast
Joan Bennett
Anita Woverman
Franchot Tone
Christopher Reynolds
Allyn Joslyn
Major Zellfritz
Cecil Cunningham
Countess Oldenburg
Roger Clark
Keith
Lloyd Corrigan
Thomas Woverman
Lyle Latell
Muller
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Woverman
Barbara Brown
Maria Woverman
Erskine Sanford
Jan
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1942-04-28
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4.5
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SHOT DOWN FROM THE SKIES...BUT HIS HEAD WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS!
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