He Married His Wife (1940)
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This slick marital farce features Joel McCrea as T. H. Randall, a race horse owner whose devotion to his work causes a strain in his relationship with wife Valerie (Nancy Kelly). Unable to stand any more neglect, Valerie divorces Randall, even though the audience is well aware that she's still in love with him. Reduced to poverty by his huge alimony payments, Randall cooks up a scheme with lawyer Bill Carter (Roland Young) to marry off Valerie to staid Paul Hunter (Lyle Talbot). But during a weekend party at the home of dowager Ethel (Mary Boland), Randall resents the attentions lavished upon Valerie by rakish young Freddie (Cesar Romero). It doesn't take a Rhodes Scholar to figure out who winds up with whom in the last scene. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Joel McCrea - T. H. Randall
- Roland Young - Bill Carter
- Cesar Romero - Freddie
- Lyle Talbot - Paul Hunter
- Harry Hayden - Prisoner
- Charles D. Brown - Detective
- Leyland Hodgson - Waiter
- Elisha Cook, Jr. - Dicky Brown
- Nancy Kelly - Valerie Randall
- Mary Boland - Ethel Hillary
- Mary Healy - Doris
- Barnett Parker - Huggins
- Charles Wilson - Warden
- Spencer Charters - Mayor
- William Edmunds - Waiter
- Director(s):
- Roy Del Ruth
- Writer(s):
- Lynn Starling, Sam Hellman, John O'Hara
- Producer(s):
- Raymond Griffith, Darryl F. Zanuck
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