The Wife Takes a Flyer

April. 28,1942 NR

Rating：

6.3

Genre：

Comedy Romance War

Keywords：

Escape Pilot Shelter

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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