The Lady Is Willing

The Lady Is Willing

92 mins | Romance | Feb. 12, 1942

Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.

The Lady Is Willing

92 mins | Romance | Feb. 12, 1942

The Lady Is Willing
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Lady Is Willing
Directors Mitchell Leisen
Writers Albert McCleery, James Edward Grant

Cast

Marlene Dietrich

as Elizabeth Madden

Fred MacMurray

as Corey McBain

Aline MacMahon

as Buddy

Stanley Ridges

as Kenneth Hanline

Arline Judge

as Frances

Roger Clark

as Victor

Marietta Canty

as Mary Lou

David James

as Baby Corey

Ruth Ford

as Myrtle

Harvey Stephens

as Dr. Golding

Harry Shannon

as Barnes

Elisabeth Risdon

as Mrs. Cummings

Charles Lane

as K.K. Miller

Murray Alper

as Joe Quig

Kitty Kelly

as Nellie Quig