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The Doctor Takes a Wife(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-04-25
64%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
The Romance Is Contagious! The Fun Is Catching!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: The Doctor Takes a Wife
Top 10 Billed 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
Georges Metaxa
Jean Rovere
Charles Halton
Dr. Streeter
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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.
Release Date
1940-04-25
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The Romance Is Contagious! The Fun Is Catching!
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