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Guest Wife
Guest Wife

Guest Wife

HE BORROWS HER...HE LENDES HER!

Genres

ComedyRomance

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Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing. On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife. In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

5.958/10

Release Date

27 July 1945

Country

United States of America

Cast

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Mary Price

Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Christopher Price

Charles Dingle

Charles Dingle

Arthur Truesdale Worth

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

House Detective

Wilma Francis

Wilma Francis

Susy

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Urban Nichols

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Nosey Stationmaster

Hal K. Dawson

Hal K. Dawson

Dennis

Edward Fielding

Edward Fielding

Arnold

Hazel Dohlman

Hazel Dohlman

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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