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Original title

Hired Wife

Year

1940

Running time

96 min.

Country

United States

Director

William A. Seiter

Screenwriter

Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman. Plot: George Beck

Cast

Music

Frank Skinner

Cinematography

Milton R. Krasner (B&W)

Producer

Universal Pictures

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

Cement company CEO Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a wife in name only, an arrangement made to protect his finances from an attempt at a hostile business takeover. Once the threat to his company is neutralized, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she engages in continuous ploys and antics to maintain the marriage.

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Hired Wife

1940

William A. Seiter