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Wife Wanted (1946 film)

Wife Wanted
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPhil Karlson
Screenplay byCaryl Coleman
Sidney Sutherland
Based onthe novel Wife Wanted
by Robert E. Callahan
Produced byJeffrey Bernerd
Kay Francis
StarringKay Francis
Paul Cavanagh
Robert Shayne
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byRichard C. Currier
Ace Herman
Music byEdward J. Kay
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • November 2, 1946 (1946-11-02)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Wife Wanted is a 1946 American crime drama film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Kay Francis in her last film role, Paul Cavanagh, and Robert Shayne. The film's screenplay was written by Caryl Coleman and Sidney Sutherland, based on the novel Wife Wanted by Robert E. Callahan.[1]

Plot

Carole Raymond is a film star whose best years are behind her; so, she decides to buy in a real estate plan with Jeff Caldwell, who is really running an illegitimate matrimonial service.

Cast

Production

Kay Francis was unhappy with the first script; so, she and director Phil Karlson set about obtaining a re-write, and became a producer on the film.[2]

The production period was from mid-June to early July 1946.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wife Wanted at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
  2. ^ Kear, Lynn and John Rossman. Kay Francis: a passionate life and career, page 139. McFarland, 2006. Last accessed: February 25, 2011.
  3. ^ TCM. Original Print Information Section. Accessed: July 23, 2013.
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