Hired Wife

Hired Wife (1940)

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  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1940-09-13
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Universal Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: William A. Seiter
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Summary

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.

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  • Rosalind Russell

    as Kendal Browning

  • Brian Aherne

    as Stephen Dexter

  • Virginia Bruce

    as Phyllis Walden

  • Robert Benchley

    as Roger Van Horn

  • John Carroll

    as Jose de Briganza

  • Hobart Cavanaugh

    as William

  • Richard Lane

    as McNab

  • William B. Davidson

    as Mumford (as William Davidson)

  • Brooks Benedict

    as Phyllis's Friend (uncredited)

  • Virginia Brissac

    as Miss Collins (uncredited)

  • Gino Corrado

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Selmer Jackson

    as Hudson (uncredited)

  • Janet Shaw

    as Lucy - the Bride (uncredited)

  • Pat West

    as Office Worker (uncredited)

  • Ralph Brooks

    as Office Worker

  • Leonard Carey

    as Peterson - Butler

  • Jack Chefe

    as Nightclub Patron

  • Chester Clute

    as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace

  • Paul Everton

    as Board Member

  • Eddie Hall

    as Swan Club Patron

  • William Halligan

    as Latimer

  • George Humbert

    as Chef

  • Charles Judels

    as Photographer

  • Alphonse Martell

    as Waiter

  • Frank McLure

    as Nightclub Patron

  • Edmund Mortimer

    as Restaurant Patron

  • William H. O'Brien

    as Waiter

  • Broderick O'Farrell

    as Office Worker

  • Kitty O'Neil

    as Mrs. Peabody

  • Manuel París

    as Waiter

  • Cyril Ring

    as Office Worker

  • Ronald R. Rondell

    as Office Worker

  • Rolfe Sedan

    as Maitre D'

  • Charles Smith

    as Leo - Office Boy

  • Larry Steers

    as Office Worker

  • Dale Van Sickel

    as Office Worker

  • Max Wagner

    as Streetcar Conductor

  • Pierre Watkin

    as Charlie - Phyllis's Escort

  • Poppy Wilde

    as Swan Club Patron

  • Suzanne Ridgway

    as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Directing William A. Seiter Director
Costume & Make-Up Irene Costume Designer
Camera Milton Krasner Director of Photography
Sound Charles Previn Music Director
Sound Frank Skinner Music Score Producer
Sound Bernard B. Brown Sound Supervisor
Writing George Beck Story
Production William A. Seiter Producer
Sound William Hedgcock Sound Technical Supervisor
Art Jack Otterson Art Direction
Art Martin Obzina Art Direction
Writing Richard Connell Screenplay
Editing Milton Carruth Editor
Costume & Make-Up Vera West Costume Design
Art Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
Directing Vaughn Paul Assistant Director
Writing Gladys Lehman Screenplay

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