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Hired Wife

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Calorie Rating: 133
Released: 1940-09-13
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Studios: Universal Pictures,


Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.

Director / Directors

Vaughn Paul
Assistant Director


Cast

Rosalind Russell
Character: Kendal Browning
Brian Aherne
Character: Stephen Dexter
Virginia Bruce
Character: Phyllis Walden

Robert Benchley
Character: Roger Van Horn
John Carroll
Character: Jose de Briganza
Hobart Cavanaugh
Character: William

Richard Lane
Character: McNab
William B. Davidson
Character: Mumford (as William Davidson)
Brooks Benedict
Character: Phyllis's Friend (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac
Character: Miss Collins (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Character: Hudson (uncredited)

Janet Shaw
Character: Lucy - the Bride (uncredited)
Pat West
Character: Office Worker (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Character: Office Worker

Leonard Carey
Character: Peterson - Butler
Jack Chefe
Character: Nightclub Patron
Chester Clute
Character: Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace

Paul Everton
Character: Board Member
Eddie Hall
Character: Swan Club Patron
William Halligan
Character: Latimer

George Humbert
Character: Chef
Charles Judels
Character: Photographer
Alphonse Martell
Character: Waiter

Frank McLure
Character: Nightclub Patron
Edmund Mortimer
Character: Restaurant Patron
William H. O'Brien
Character: Waiter

Broderick O'Farrell
Character: Office Worker
Kitty O'Neil
Character: Mrs. Peabody
Manuel ParĂ­s
Character: Waiter

Cyril Ring
Character: Office Worker
Ronald R. Rondell
Character: Office Worker
Rolfe Sedan
Character: Maitre D'

Charles Smith
Character: Leo - Office Boy
Larry Steers
Character: Office Worker
Dale Van Sickel
Character: Office Worker

Max Wagner
Character: Streetcar Conductor
Pierre Watkin
Character: Charlie - Phyllis's Escort
Poppy Wilde
Character: Swan Club Patron

Suzanne Ridgway
Character: Cigarette Girl (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Gladys Lehman
Screenplay
Jack Otterson
Art Direction

Frank Skinner
Music Score Producer
Martin Obzina
Art Direction

Charles Previn
Music Director
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
William Hedgcock
Sound Technical Supervisor

Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor
Vera West
Costume Design

Irene
Costume Designer