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The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)

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Release Date: Apr 25, 1940 Wide

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Fiercely independent authoress June Cameron (Loretta Young) has no time for men in her life. Chauvinistic medical college professor Timothy Sterling (Ray Milland) has no use for women. So guess who is mistaken for June's husband, and guess who is forced by circumstances to pretend that she's married? The Doctor Takes a Wife maintains its exhausting comic pace until about five minutes before the end, when the scriptwriters are forced to take a breather to tie up all the loose plot ends. The

Unrated, 1 hr. 29 min.

Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Alexander Hall

Written By: George Seaton, Ken Englund

In Theaters: Apr 25, 1940 Wide

Cast

Loretta Young
June Cameron
Ray Milland
Dr. Timothy Sterling
Reginald Gardiner
John Pierce
Gail Patrick
Marilyn Thomas
Edmund Gwenn
Dr. Lionel Sterling
Frank Sully
Slapcovitch
Gordon Jones
O'Brien
George Metaxa
Jean Rovere
Charles Halton
Dr. Streeter
Joseph Eggenton
Dr. Nielsen
Paul McAllister
Dean Lawton
Chester Clute
Johnson
Hal K. Dawson
Charlie
Erville Alderson
Harrison
Dorothy Appleby
Woman
Irving Bacon
Gas Station Attendant
Don Beddoe
Edgar Buchanan
Doorman
Spencer Charters
Mr. Quinn
Frank Darien
Greenwich Editor
Edgar Dearing
Motor Cop
Vernon Dent
Edward Earle
Edward Gargan
Doorman
Sumner Getchell
Man
Wesley Giraud
Western Union Boy
Mary Gordon
Scrubwoman
Olin Howland
Hotel Clerk
Jane Keckley
Mrs. Quinn
Ian Maclaren
Professor
Myra Marsh
Lydia Johnson
Frank Orth
New York Editor
Renie Riano
Telegraph Operator
Virginia Sale
School Teacher
Gertrude Sutton
Mabel
Edward Van Sloan
Burkhardt
Helen Ainsworth
Amazon
William Austin
Hotel Manager
Charles Lane
Reporter
Charlotte Treadway
Catherine Courtney
Jane Goude
Mrs. Nielson
Ann Lee
Maid
Dorothy Ann Seese
John Wray
Farmer

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