Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
79 min
George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and dream of having a child. Although they live comfortably on George's earnings as a bank official, Liz's scatterbrained handling of their finances constantly puts them in jeopardy. Liz becomes jealous when George's former girl friend, Myra Ponsonby, comes for a visit with his party-loving friends Bill Stone, Cory Cartwright and Chuck, an artist, after which George spends the entire evening dancing at a nightclub with Myra.
- Release date
- June 15, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $552,000
- Box office
- $1,050,000
Cast
- Ray Milland as George Cugat
- Betty Field as Mary Elizabeth Cugat
- Patricia Morison as Myra Ponsonby
- Eugene Pallette as Bunker
- Charles Dingle as Duncan Atterbury
- Leif Erickson as Bill Stone
- Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Westwood
- Richard Haydn as Chuck
- Kathleen Lockhart as Laura Atterbury
- Phillip Terry as Cory Cortwright
Crew
- Norman Taurog · Director
- Frank Davis · Writer
- Isabel Scott Rorick · Writer
- Tess Slesinger · Writer
- Robert Emmett Dolan · Composer
- Charles Lang · Cinematographer
- LeRoy Stone · Editor