Hired Wife (1940)

ALL 09/13/1940 (en) Comedy 95 Min
  • Release
    09/13/1940
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    Hired Wife
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

The SEX-PLOSION of the Season

Overview

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.

  1. George Beck

    Story



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Casts

  1. Rosalind Russell

    Kendal Browning

  2. Brian Aherne

    Stephen Dexter

  3. Virginia Bruce

    Phyllis Walden

  4. Robert Benchley

    Roger Van Horn

  5. John Carroll

    Jose de Briganza

  6. Hobart Cavanaugh

    William

  7. Richard Lane

    McNab

  8. William B. Davidson

    Mumford (as William Davidson)

  9. Brooks Benedict

    Phyllis's Friend (uncredited)

  10. Virginia Brissac

    Miss Collins (uncredited)

  11. Gino Corrado

    Waiter (uncredited)

  12. Selmer Jackson

    Hudson (uncredited)

  13. Janet Shaw

    Lucy - the Bride (uncredited)

  14. Pat West

    Office Worker (uncredited)

  15. Ralph Brooks

    Office Worker

  16. Leonard Carey

    Peterson - Butler

  17. Jack Chefe

    Nightclub Patron

  18. Chester Clute

    Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace

  19. Paul Everton

    Board Member

  20. Eddie Hall

    Swan Club Patron

  21. William Halligan

    Latimer

  22. George Humbert

    Chef

  23. Charles Judels

    Photographer

  24. Alphonse Martell

    Waiter

  25. Frank McLure

    Nightclub Patron

  26. Edmund Mortimer

    Restaurant Patron

  27. William H. O'Brien

    Waiter

  28. Broderick O'Farrell

    Office Worker

  29. Kitty O'Neil

    Mrs. Peabody

  30. Manuel París

    Waiter

  31. Cyril Ring

    Office Worker

  32. Ronald R. Rondell

    Office Worker

  33. Rolfe Sedan

    Maitre D'

  34. Charles Smith

    Leo - Office Boy

  35. Larry Steers

    Office Worker

  36. Dale Van Sickel

    Office Worker

  37. Max Wagner

    Streetcar Conductor

  38. Pierre Watkin

    Charlie - Phyllis's Escort

  39. Poppy Wilde

    Swan Club Patron

  40. Suzanne Ridgway

    Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 40 , Crews : 17

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Hired Wife (1940) 95 Min

ALL 09/13/1940 (en)
Comedy
  • Release 09/13/1940
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Original title Hired Wife
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

The SEX-PLOSION of the Season

Overview

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.

  1. William A. Seiter

    Director

  2. George Beck

    Story

  3. Milton Carruth

    Editor

  4. William A. Seiter

    Producer