The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)

SHOT DOWN FROM THE SKIES...BUT HIS HEAD WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS!

  • Genre: War, Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1942-04-28
  • User Rating: 4.5/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 26min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard Wallace
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Summary

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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  • 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

  • Lyle Latell

    as Muller

  • Georgia Caine

    as Mrs. Woverman

  • Barbara Brown

    as Maria Woverman

  • Erskine Sanford

    as Jan

  • Chester Clute

    as Adolphe Bietjelboer

  • Hans Conried

    as Hendrik Woverman

  • Romaine Callender

    as Zanten

  • Aubrey Mather

    as Chief Justice

  • William Edmunds

    as Gustav

  • Margaret Seddon

    as The Twin

  • Kate MacKenna

    as The Twin

  • Josephine Allen

    as Woman

  • Frank Alten

    as German Orderly

  • Hugh Beaumont

    as Officer

  • Mary Bertrand

    as Woman

  • Elsie Bishop

    as Woman

  • Colin Blair

    as Man

  • Marie Blake

    as Frieda

  • Fredric Bolton

    as Cpl. Heinde

  • Lloyd Bridges

    as German Sergeant

  • Nora Cecil

    as Miss Updike

  • Wheaton Chambers

    as Chaplain

  • Leslie Denison

    as English Officer

  • Vernon Downing

    as English Officer

  • Carl Ekberg

    as Adolf Hitler

  • Nellie Farrell

    as Woman

  • Chris Franke

    as German Officer

  • Arno Frey

    as German Officer

  • Steven Geray

    as Gestapo Agent

  • Chuck Hamilton

    as German Officer

  • Hallene Hill

    as Old Lady

  • Max Hoffman Jr.

    as Sergeant

  • Gertrude Hoffmann

    as Mrs. Gruyson

  • Belle Johnstone

    as Woman

  • Kurt Katch

    as Capt. Schmutnick

  • Cy Kendall

    as Gestapo Agent

  • Manart Kippen

    as Gestapo Agent

  • Pat Lane

    as German Officer

  • Stella LeSaint

    as Woman

  • Lucille Lisle

    as Woman

  • Joe McGuinn

    as Lieutenant

  • John Merton

    as German Soldier

  • James Millican

    as Gestapo Agent

  • David Newell

    as German Officer

  • John S. Peters

    as German Officer

  • Curtis Railing

    as Mrs. Brandt

  • Gordon Richards

    as Maj. Wilson

  • Bert Roach

    as Guldschreschts

  • Erik Rolf

    as Gestapo Leader

  • Phoebe Rudd

    as Woman

  • Marie Spingold

    as Woman

  • Agnes Steele

    as Woman

  • Minnie Steele

    as Woman

  • Walter Stiritz

    as German Officer

  • George Turner

    as German Officer

  • Gohr Van Vleck

    as Court Attendant

  • Henry Victor

    as Col. Bosch

  • John Vosper

    as German Sergeant

  • Max Wagner

    as Sergeant

  • Lloyd Whitlock

    as Head Waiter

  • Eleanor Wood

    as Woman

  • William Yetter Sr.

    as German Officer

  • Mary Young

    as Old Lady

  • Henry Zynda

    as Officer
Directing Richard Wallace Director
Writing Gina Kaus Screenplay
Writing Jay Dratler Screenplay
Production B.P. Schulberg Producer
Sound Werner R. Heymann Original Music Composer
Camera Franz Planer Director of Photography
Editing Gene Havlick Editor
Art Lionel Banks Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Irene Costume Design
Writing Gina Kaus Story
Crew Harry Segall Additional Dialogue

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