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How to Murder Your Wife

6.319651h 58mNRMovieComedy

Stanley Ford is a successful cartoonist and happily single. That is, until he gets drunk at a friend's bachelor party and impulsively proposes to the beautiful woman who pops out of the cake. Once sober, he regrets the decision, but she…

DirectorRichard Quine
WriterGeorge Axelrod
ProducersGeorge Axelrod·Gordon Carroll

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Cast · Directed by Richard Quine

JLJack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Stanley Ford
VLVirna Lisi
Virna Lisi
Mrs. Ford
TTerry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas
Charles
EMEddie Mayehoff
Eddie Mayehoff
Harold Lampson
CTClaire Trevor
Claire Trevor
Edna
SBSidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer
Judge Blackstone
MSMax Showalter
Max Showalter
Tobey Rawlins
JAJack Albertson
Jack Albertson
Dr. Bentley
MWMary Wickes
Mary Wickes
Harold's Secretary
AHAlan Hewitt
Alan Hewitt
District Attorney
BKBarry Kelley
Barry Kelley
Club Member
WBWilliam Bryant
William Bryant
Club Member

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