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The Wife Takes a Flyer

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Plot

In this WW II spy comedy, an American pilot stationed in England is flying a routine mission when the Nazis shoot down his plane. He ends up seeking shelter in the home of an unhappily married Dutch woman. She covers for the pilot by introducing him as her mentally unbalanced but basically harmless husband. A Nazi major has taken over her home, and mayhem ensues when he and her "husband" meet. In the end, the pilot steals a German plane and takes the woman safely to England. The film is also known as Yank in Dutch. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Cast

Lloyd Corrigan - Thomas Woverman; Lyle Latell - Muller; Georgia Caine - Mrs. Woverman; Barbara Brown - Maria Woverman; Erskine Sanford - Jan; Chester Clute - Adolphe Bietjelboer; Hans Conried - Hendrik Woverman; Romaine Callender - Zanten; Aubrey Mather - Chief Justice; William Edmunds - Gustav; Nora Cecil - Miss Updike; Kurt Katch - Capt. Schmutnick; Margaret Seddon - twin; Kate MacKenna - Twin; Gordon Richards - Maj. Wilson; Frank Alten - German Orderly; Lloyd Bridges - German Sergeant; Hugh Beaumont - Officer; Marie Blake - Frieda; Wheaton Chambers - Chaplain; Leslie Denison - English Officers; Vernon P. Downing; Carl Ekberg - Adolf Hitler; Christian J. Frank; Arno Frey; Steven Geray; Chuck Hamilton; Hallene Hill; Gertrude W. Hoffman - Mrs. Gruyson; Max Hoffman, Jr.; Cy Kendall - Gestapo; Manart Kippen; Pat Lane; Joe McGuinn - Lieutenant; James Millican; David Newell; John Peters - German Officer; Bert Roach - Guldschreschts; Erik Rolf - Gestapo Leader; George Turner; Henry Victor - Col. Bosch; John Vosper - German Sergeant; Max Wagner - Sergeant; Lloyd Whitlock - Head Waiter; William Yetter, Jr.; Mary Young - Old Lady; Belle Johnstone; Stella LeSaint; Agnes Steele; Gohr VanVleck - Court Attendant; Eleanor Wood

Credit

Lionel Banks - Art Director, Irene - Costume Designer, Richard Wallace - Director, Gene Havlick - Editor, Werner Richard Heymann - Composer (Music Score), Morris W. Stoloff - Musical Direction/Supervision, Franz Planer - Cinematographer, B.P. Schulberg - Producer, Jay Dratler - Screenwriter, Gina Kaus - Screenwriter, Harry Segall - Screenwriter

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The Wife Takes a Flyer

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The Wife Takes a Flyer
Directed by Richard Wallace
Produced by B.P. Schulberg
Written by Jay Dratler
Gina Kaus (story & screenplay)
Harry Segall (additional dialogue)
Starring Joan Bennett
Franchot Tone
Music by Werner R. Heymann
Cinematography Franz Planer
Editing by Gene Havlick
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) 28 April 1942
Running time 86 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Wife Takes a Flyer (UK title: A Yank in Dutch) is a 1942 romantic comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring by Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone. The screenplay was written by Jay Dratler, Gina Kaus and Harry Segall. The music score is by Werner R. Heymann.

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