The Wife Takes a Flyer
4.5
86 minutes
4/28/1942
Overview
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 List
Joan Bennett
as Anita Woverman
Franchot Tone
as Christopher Reynolds
Allyn Joslyn
as Major Zellfritz
Cecil Cunningham
as Countess Oldenburg
Roger Clark
as Keith
Lloyd Corrigan
as Thomas Woverman
Lyle Latell
as Muller
Georgia Caine
as Mrs. Woverman
Barbara Brown
as Maria Woverman
Erskine Sanford
as Jan
Chester Clute
as Adolphe Bietjelboer
Hans Conried
as Hendrik Woverman
Romaine Callender
as Zanten
Aubrey Mather
as Chief Justice
William Edmunds
as Gustav
Margaret Seddon
as The Twin
Kate MacKenna
as The Twin
Josephine Allen
as Woman
Frank Alten
as German Orderly
Hugh Beaumont
as Officer
Mary Bertrand
as Woman
Elsie Bishop
as Woman
Colin Blair
as Man
Marie Blake
as Frieda
Fredric Bolton
as Cpl. Heinde
Lloyd Bridges
as German Sergeant
Nora Cecil
as Miss Updike
Wheaton Chambers
as Chaplain
Leslie Denison
as English Officer
Vernon Downing
as English Officer
Carl Ekberg
as Adolf Hitler
Nellie Farrell
as Woman
Chris Franke
as German Officer
Arno Frey
as German Officer
Steven Geray
as Gestapo Agent
Chuck Hamilton
as German Officer
Hallene Hill
as Old Lady
Max Hoffman Jr.
as Sergeant
Gertrude Hoffmann
as Mrs. Gruyson
Belle Johnstone
as Woman
Kurt Katch
as Capt. Schmutnick
Cy Kendall
as Gestapo Agent
Manart Kippen
as Gestapo Agent
Pat Lane
as German Officer
Stella LeSaint
as Woman
Lucille Lisle
as Woman
Joe McGuinn
as Lieutenant
John Merton
as German Soldier
James Millican
as Gestapo Agent
David Newell
as German Officer
John S. Peters
as German Officer
Curtis Railing
as Mrs. Brandt
Gordon Richards
as Maj. Wilson
Bert Roach
as Guldschreschts
Erik Rolf
as Gestapo Leader
Phoebe Rudd
as Woman
Marie Spingold
as Woman
Agnes Steele
as Woman
Minnie Steele
as Woman
Walter Stiritz
as German Officer
George Turner
as German Officer
Gohr Van Vleck
as Court Attendant
Henry Victor
as Col. Bosch
John Vosper
as German Sergeant
Max Wagner
as Sergeant
Lloyd Whitlock
as Head Waiter
Eleanor Wood
as Woman
William Yetter Sr.
as German Officer
Mary Young
as Old Lady
Henry Zynda
as Officer