Are Husbands Necessary?

• Director: Norman Taurog
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• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Romantic Comedy
• Themes: Crumbling Marriages
• Main Cast: Ray Milland, Betty Field, Patricia Morison, Eugene Pallette, Charles Dingle
• Release Year: 1942
• Country: US
• Run Time: 79 minutes

Plot

In providing the "synopsis" for Are Husbands Necessary?, one best-selling film source says merely "And what about this film?" There's more to the story than that, of course--but not much. The film was based on Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, a novel by Frank Davis. Ray Milland and Betty Field play a warring married couple who hope to patch up their differences by adopting a baby. When Milland's ex-flame Patricia Morrison shows up unexpectedly, the fur flies. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Ray Milland - George Cugat
• Betty Field - Mary Elizabeth Cugat
• Patricia Morison - Myra Ponsonby
• Eugene Pallette - Bunker
• Charles Dingle - Duncan Atterbury

Leif Erickson - Bill Stone; Elizabeth Risdon - Mrs. Westwood; Richard Haydn - Chuck; Kathleen Lockhart - Laura Atterbury; Phillip Terry - Cory Cartwright; Cecil Kellaway - Dr. Buell; Anne Revere - Anna; Charles Lane - Mr. Brooks; Charlotte Wynters - Mrs. Finley; Clinton Rosemond - Enos; Olive Blakeney - Miss Bumstead; Cecil Cunningham - Miss Jenkins; Hooper Atchley; Helen Broderick; Georgia Caine

Credit

Norman Taurog - Director, LeRoy Stone - Editor, Charles B. Lang - Cinematographer, Fred Kohlmar - Producer, Frank Davis - Screenwriter, Tess Slesinger - Screenwriter, Isabel Scott Rorick - Book Author