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The Wife Takes a Flyer

5.519421h 26mNRMovieWarComedyRomance

Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the…

DirectorRichard Wallace
WritersJay Dratler·Gina Kaus
ProducerB.P. Schulberg

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Cast · Directed by Richard Wallace

JBJoan Bennett
Joan Bennett
Anita Woverman
FTFranchot Tone
Franchot Tone
Christopher Reynolds
AJAllyn Joslyn
Allyn Joslyn
Major Zellfritz
CCCecil Cunningham
Cecil Cunningham
Countess Oldenburg
RCRoger Clark
Roger Clark
Keith
LCLloyd Corrigan
Lloyd Corrigan
Thomas Woverman
LLLyle Latell
Lyle Latell
Muller
GCGeorgia Caine
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Woverman
BBBarbara Brown
Barbara Brown
Maria Woverman
ESErskine Sanford
Erskine Sanford
Jan
CCChester Clute
Chester Clute
Adolphe Bietjelboer
HCHans Conried
Hans Conried
Hendrik Woverman

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The Wife Takes a Flyer hasn't started streaming in Philippines yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around June 16, 1942. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.