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Are Husbands Necessary?

7.019421h 19mNRMovieComedyRomance

George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and dream of having a child. Although they live comfortably on George's earnings as a bank official, Liz's scatterbrained handling of their finances…

DirectorNorman Taurog
WritersFrank Davis·Tess Slesinger
ProducerFred Kohlmar

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Cast · Directed by Norman Taurog

RMRay Milland
Ray Milland
George Cugat
BFBetty Field
Betty Field
Mary Elizabeth Cugat
PMPatricia Morison
Patricia Morison
Myra Ponsonby
EPEugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette
Bunker
CDCharles Dingle
Charles Dingle
Duncan Atterbury
LELeif Erickson
Leif Erickson
Bill Stone
ERElisabeth Risdon
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Westwood
RHRichard Haydn
Richard Haydn
Chuck
KLKathleen Lockhart
Kathleen Lockhart
Laura Atterbury
PTPhillip Terry
Phillip Terry
Cory Cortwright
ARAnne Revere
Anne Revere
Anna

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Are Husbands Necessary? hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around August 3, 1942. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.