The Wife Takes a Flyer
“SHOT DOWN FROM THE SKIES...BUT HIS HEAD WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS!”
1942•NR•1h 26m•5.5•Released
WarComedyRomance
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.
Director
Richard Wallace
Writer
Jay Dratler, Gina Kaus
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
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
Chester Clute
Adolphe Bietjelboer
Hans Conried
Hendrik Woverman
Romaine Callender
Zanten
Aubrey Mather
Chief Justice
William Edmunds
Gustav
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
B.P. Schulberg
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