He Married His Wife

- Here's the season's happiest comedy hit! The fun's uproarious...the romance too frantic for words!

Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.

Release Date : 1940-01-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

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Cast

Character Name : T.H. Randall

Original Name : Joel McCrea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Valerie

Original Name : Nancy Kelly

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ethel

Original Name : Mary Boland

Gender : Female

Character Name : Freddie

Original Name : Cesar Romero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Carter

Original Name : Roland Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doris

Original Name : Mary Healy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paul Hunter

Original Name : Lyle Talbot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dicky Brown

Original Name : Elisha Cook Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Huggins

Original Name : Barnett Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Harry Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Warden

Original Name : Charles C. Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Charles D. Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mayer

Original Name : Spencer Charters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : William Edmunds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Leyland Hodgson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nightclub Patron

Original Name : Brooks Benedict

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spectator with Binoculars

Original Name : James Carlisle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nightclub Patron

Original Name : James Conaty

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Jailer

Original Name : Eddie Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Usher

Original Name : David Durand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Racetrack Announcer

Original Name : Sam Hayes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diner at Racetrack Lounge

Original Name : Harold Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nightclub Patron

Original Name : Bert Moorhouse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah - Valerie's Maid

Original Name : Hattie Noel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Orchestra Leader

Original Name : Mel Ruick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nightclub Patron

Original Name : Larry Steers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nightclub Patron

Original Name : Amzie Strickland

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jimmy - the Busboy

Original Name : Allen Wood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Messenger Boy

Original Name : Leonard Kibrick

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-01-10

This might have played out better had there not been a glaring inevitability to the denouement right from the start! Racehorse owner "Randall" (Joel McCrea) and ex-wife "Valerie" (Nancy Kelly) are having a dance when the cops show up and arrest him for non-payment of alimony. It's only a short term glitch, but sets the scene for a film that sees him desperate for her to marry again and get her hands out of his wallet! To that end he has the support of his lawyer "Carter" (Roland Young) and to be fair to "Valerie", she has no shortage of suitors. The more they try to fix her up, though, the more things seem to go wrong with their (not so) cunning plans. "Freddie" (Cesar Romero) and "Paul" (Lyle Talbot) seem to be the front runners as we head into the home straight and that's where predicability swoops in and well, there you have it. For much of this, Kelly reminded me of Barbara Stanwyck but if only. She rather meanders through the film adding little by way of chemistry with any of her would-be beaus while McCrea just doesn't come across as if he's enjoying one bit of this lightly comedic affair. It's a fun premiss but executed indifferently.