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The Doctor Takes a Wife
“The Romance Is Contagious! The Fun Is Catching!”
6.8 / 10• 1940• 1h 28m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
Cast & Crew
Loretta Young
June Cameron
Lead
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
Georges Metaxa
Jean Rovere
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alexander Hall's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Doctor Takes a Wife is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
