Guest Wife
ComedyRomance
5.958/10
|US
|en
|90 min
Release Date: 1945-07-27
Overview - Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing. On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife. In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.
Production Companies
United Artists
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6/10
“I can tell more about a woman by looking at her feet than by looking at her face”. Luckily “Mary” (Claudette Colbert) doesn’t wear Wellington boots in this sometimes rather confusing comedy. She is happily married to docile bank manager “Chris” (Dick Foran) who, in turn, just happens to be best pal with writer “Joe” (Don Ameche). This latter chap has a problem. He has won an award - and an $1,000...
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