The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
SHOT DOWN FROM THE SKIES...BUT HIS HEAD WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS!
86 min
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.
- Release date
- April 28, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Werner R. Heymann
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
- Erskine Sanford as Jan
Crew
- Richard Wallace · Director
- Gina Kaus · Writer
- Jay Dratler · Writer
- Harry Segall · Writer
- B.P. Schulberg · Producer
- Werner R. Heymann · Composer
- Franz Planer · Cinematographer
- Gene Havlick · Editor