How to Murder Your Wife
“Bring The Little Woman...Maybe She'll Die Laughing!”
1965•NR•1h 58m•6.3•Released
Comedy
Stanley Ford is a successful cartoonist and happily single. That is, until he gets drunk at a friend's bachelor party and impulsively proposes to the beautiful woman who pops out of the cake. Once sober, he regrets the decision, but she won't agree to a divorce. Stanley jokingly vents his frustrations in his comic strip by having the main character kill his wife. But when his actual wife goes missing and Stanley is arrested for her murder, he has a change of heart.
Director
Richard Quine
Writer
George Axelrod
Revenue
$12M
Languages
Italian, English
Studio
Murder Inc.
Cast
Jack Lemmon
Stanley Ford
Virna Lisi
Mrs. Ford
Terry-Thomas
Charles
Eddie Mayehoff
Harold Lampson
Claire Trevor
Edna
Sidney Blackmer
Judge Blackstone
Max Showalter
Tobey Rawlins
Jack Albertson
Dr. Bentley
Mary Wickes
Harold's Secretary
Alan Hewitt
District Attorney
Barry Kelley
Club Member
William Bryant
Club Member
Charles Bateman
Club Member
Edward Faulkner
Club Member
Lauren Gilbert
Men's Club Manager
Production
Company
Murder Inc.
Producer
George Axelrod
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