The Wife Takes a Flyer
- Released on
- Runtime
- 86 mins
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.
Cast
- Joan Bennett
- Franchot Tone
- Allyn Joslyn
- Cecil Cunningham
- Roger Clark
- Lloyd Corrigan
- Lyle Latell
- Georgia Caine
- Barbara Brown
- Erskine Sanford
- Chester Clute
- Hans Conried
- Romaine Callender
- Aubrey Mather
- William Edmunds
- Margaret Seddon
- Kate MacKenna
- Josephine Allen
- Frank Alten
- Hugh Beaumont
- Mary Bertrand
- Elsie Bishop
- Colin Blair
- Marie Blake
- Fredric Bolton
- Lloyd Bridges
- Nora Cecil
- Wheaton Chambers
- Leslie Denison
- Vernon Downing
- Carl Ekberg
- Nellie Farrell
- Chris Franke
- Arno Frey
- Steven Geray
- Chuck Hamilton
- Hallene Hill
- Max Hoffman Jr.
- Gertrude Hoffmann
- Belle Johnstone
- Kurt Katch
- Cy Kendall
- Manart Kippen
- Pat Lane
- Stella LeSaint
- Lucille Lisle
- Joe McGuinn
- John Merton
- James Millican
- David Newell
- John S. Peters
- Curtis Railing
- Gordon Richards
- Bert Roach
- Erik Rolf
- Phoebe Rudd
- Marie Spingold
- Agnes Steele
- Minnie Steele
- Walter Stiritz
- George Turner
- Gohr Van Vleck
- Henry Victor
- John Vosper
- Max Wagner
- Lloyd Whitlock
- Eleanor Wood
- William Yetter Sr.
- Mary Young
- Henry Zynda
Director
- Richard Wallace
Producers
- B.P. Schulberg
Screenwriter
- Jay Dratler
- Gina Kaus
