

The Wife Takes a Flyer
DirectorRichard Wallace
“SHOT DOWN FROM THE SKIES...BUT HIS HEAD WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS!”
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.
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Cast

Joan Bennett
Anita Woverman

Franchot Tone
Christopher Reynolds

Allyn Joslyn
Major Zellfritz

Cecil Cunningham
Countess Oldenburg

Roger Clark
Keith

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
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