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The Wife Takes a Flyer is a american film of genre War directed by Richard Wallace released in USA on 28 april 1942 with Joan Bennett
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
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Add to a movie listThe Wife Takes a Flyer (UK title: A Yank in Dutch) is a 1942 romantic comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring by Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone. The screenplay was written by Jay Dratler, Gina Kaus and Harry Segall. The music score is by Werner R. Heymann.
Actors
Joan Bennett
(Anita Woverman)
Franchot Tone
(Christopher Reynolds)
Allyn Joslyn
(Major Zellfritz)
Cecil Cunningham
(Countess Oldenburg)
Lloyd Corrigan
(Thomas Woverman)
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