"What Embarrassment When We Discover..."WE'RE NOT MARRIED!""

1952

1h 26m

5.9(28 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ginger Rogers

Ramona Gladwyn

Fred Allen

Steve Gladwyn

Victor Moore

Melvin Bush

Marilyn Monroe

Annabel Jones

David Wayne

Jeff Norris

Eve Arden

Katie Woodruff

Paul Douglas

Hector Woodruff

Eddie Bracken

Willie Fisher

Mitzi Gaynor

Patsy Reynolds

Louis Calhern

Freddie Melrose

Creative team

Directed by: Edmund Goulding
Written by: Jay Dratler
Gina Kaus
Produced by: Nunnally Johnson

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