Wife Wanted

Wife Wanted

73 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 2, 1946

Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.

Wife Wanted

73 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 2, 1946

Wife Wanted
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Monogram Pictures
Original title Wife Wanted
Directors Phil Karlson
Writers Robert E. Callahan, Caryl Coleman, Sidney Sutherland

Cast

Kay Francis

as Carole Raymond

Paul Cavanagh

as Jeffrey Caldwell

Robert Shayne

as Bill Tyler

Veda Ann Borg

as Nola Reed

Teala Loring

as Mildred Hayes

John Gallaudet

as Lee Kirby

Jonathan Hale

as Philip Conway

Tim Ryan

as Bartender

Barton Yarborough

as Walter Desmond

Paul Everton

as District Attorney Toland (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

as Bellboy

John Hamilton

as Judge

Selmer Jackson

as Lowell Cornell

Florence Auer

as Mrs. Rutheridge

Sara Berner

as Agnes