The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
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In this WW II spy comedy, an American pilot stationed in England is flying a routine mission when the Nazis shoot down his plane. He ends up seeking shelter in the home of an unhappily married Dutch woman. She covers for the pilot by introducing him as her mentally unbalanced but basically harmless husband. A Nazi major has taken over her home, and mayhem ensues when he and her "husband" meet. In the end, the pilot steals a German plane and takes the woman safely to England. The film is also known as Yank in Dutch. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Joan Bennett - Anita Woverman
- Allyn Joslyn - Maj. Zellfritz
- Roger Clark - Keith
- Lyle Latell - Muller
- Barbara Brown - Maria Woverman
- Chester Clute - Adolphe Bietjelboer
- Romaine Callender - Zanten
- William Edmunds - Gustav
- Kurt Katch - Capt. Schmutnick
- Kate MacKenna - Twin
- Eleanor Wood
- Vernon P. Downing
- Max Hoffman, Jr.
- Hallene Hill
- Steven Geray
- Christian J. Frank
- Stella LeSaint
- Mary Young - Old Lady
- Lloyd Whitlock - Head Waiter
- John Vosper - German Sergeant
- George Turner
- Bert Roach - Guldschreschts
- David Newell
- Joe McGuinn - Lieutenant
- Manart Kippen
- Wheaton Chambers - Chaplain
- Frank Alten - German Orderly
- Hugh Beaumont - Officer
- Franchot Tone - Christopher Reynolds
- Cecil Cunningham - Countess Oldenburg
- Lloyd Corrigan - Thomas Woverman
- Georgia Caine - Mrs. Woverman
- Erskine Sanford - Jan
- Hans Conried - Hendrik Woverman
- Aubrey Mather - Chief Justice
- Nora Cecil - Miss Updike
- Margaret Seddon - twin
- Gordon Richards - Maj. Wilson
- Agnes Steele
- Cy Kendall - Gestapo
- Gertrude W. Hoffman - Mrs. Gruyson
- Chuck Hamilton
- Arno Frey
- Carl Ekberg - Adolf Hitler
- Belle Johnstone
- William Yetter, Jr.
- Max Wagner - Sergeant
- Henry Victor - Col. Bosch
- Erik Rolf - Gestapo Leader
- John Peters - German Officer
- James Millican
- Pat Lane
- Leslie Denison - English Officers
- Gohr VanVleck - Court Attendant
- Lloyd Bridges - German Sergeant
- Marie Blake - Frieda
- Director(s):
- Richard Wallace
- Writer(s):
- Jay Dratler, Harry Segall, Gina Kaus
- Producer(s):
- B.P. Schulberg
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