The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer

86 mins | Comedy, Romance, War | April 28, 1942

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.

The Wife Takes a Flyer

86 mins | Comedy, Romance, War | April 28, 1942

The Wife Takes a Flyer
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Wife Takes a Flyer
Directors Richard Wallace
Writers Gina Kaus, Jay Dratler

Cast

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

Chester Clute

as Adolphe Bietjelboer

Hans Conried

as Hendrik Woverman

Romaine Callender

as Zanten

Aubrey Mather

as Chief Justice

William Edmunds

as Gustav

Margaret Seddon

as The Twin

Kate MacKenna

as The Twin

Josephine Allen

as Woman

Frank Alten

as German Orderly

Hugh Beaumont

as Officer

Mary Bertrand

as Woman

Elsie Bishop

as Woman

Colin Blair

as Man

Marie Blake

as Frieda

Fredric Bolton

as Cpl. Heinde

Lloyd Bridges

as German Sergeant

Nora Cecil

as Miss Updike

Wheaton Chambers

as Chaplain

Leslie Denison

as English Officer

Vernon Downing

as English Officer

Carl Ekberg

as Adolf Hitler

Nellie Farrell

as Woman

Chris Franke

as German Officer

Arno Frey

as German Officer

Steven Geray

as Gestapo Agent

Chuck Hamilton

as German Officer

Hallene Hill

as Old Lady

Max Hoffman Jr.

as Sergeant

Gertrude Hoffmann

as Mrs. Gruyson

Belle Johnstone

as Woman

Kurt Katch

as Capt. Schmutnick

Cy Kendall

as Gestapo Agent

Manart Kippen

as Gestapo Agent

Pat Lane

as German Officer

Stella LeSaint

as Woman

Lucille Lisle

as Woman

Joe McGuinn

as Lieutenant

John Merton

as German Soldier

James Millican

as Gestapo Agent

David Newell

as German Officer

John S. Peters

as German Officer

Curtis Railing

as Mrs. Brandt

Gordon Richards

as Maj. Wilson

Bert Roach

as Guldschreschts

Erik Rolf

as Gestapo Leader

Phoebe Rudd

as Woman

Marie Spingold

as Woman

Agnes Steele

as Woman

Minnie Steele

as Woman

Walter Stiritz

as German Officer

George Turner

as German Officer

Gohr Van Vleck

as Court Attendant

Henry Victor

as Col. Bosch

John Vosper

as German Sergeant

Max Wagner

as Sergeant

Lloyd Whitlock

as Head Waiter

Eleanor Wood

as Woman

William Yetter Sr.

as German Officer

Mary Young

as Old Lady

Henry Zynda

as Officer