CinemaOSMovie · 1940 · 1h 8m · NR

You Can't Fool Your Wife

IS SHE SWEETHEART-OR JUST PLAIN WIFE?

55%(6)IMDbComedy

Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky than idyllic.

Directed byRay McCarey

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 8m
Language
EN
Released
May 21, 1940
Studios
RKO Radio Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Clara Fields Hinklin

James Ellison

James Ellison

Andrew Hinklin

Robert Coote

Robert Coote

Battincourt

William Halligan

William Halligan

J.R. Gillespie, Sr.

Emma Dunn

Emma Dunn

Mother Fields

Virginia Vale

Virginia Vale

Sally

Rosina Galli

Rosina Galli

Mama Brentoni

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Salesman

Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

Dr. Emery

Norman Mayes

Porter at Dock

Creative team
Directed by
Ray McCarey
Written by
Jerome Cady
Richard Carroll
Produced by
Cliff Reid

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