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Dream Wife(1953)
Status: Released
Date: 1953-06-19
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24 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
It's a RIOT how Cary carries on!
Overview:
Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough pleasure on the part of Effie. When Clemson meets Tarji, a princess trained in all the arts of pleasing men, he decides he wants an old fashioned girl. Princess Tarji's father is king of oil-rich Bukistan. Because of the oil situation and to maintain good political relations during the courtship between Clemson & Tarji, the State Department assigns a diplomat to maintain protocol until the wedding - Effie!
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Dream Wife
Top 10 Billed Cast
Cary Grant
Clemson Reade
Deborah Kerr
Effie
Walter Pidgeon
Walter McBride
Betta St. John
Tarji
Eduard Franz
Khan
Buddy Baer
Vizier
Les Tremayne
Ken Landwell
Donald Randolph
Ali
Bruce Bennett
Charlie Elkwood
Richard Anderson
Henry Malvine
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