Hired Wife
Hired Wife
Release: 1940-09-13
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 6.8
Comedy
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Cast
Hobart Cavanaugh
as William
Selmer Jackson
as Hudson (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde
as Swan Club Patron
Rosalind Russell
as Kendal Browning
Virginia Bruce
as Phyllis Walden
George Humbert
as Chef
Charles Judels
as Photographer
Charles Smith
as Leo - Office Boy
Dale Van Sickel
as Office Worker
John Carroll
as Jose de Briganza
Leonard Carey
as Peterson - Butler
Frank McLure
as Nightclub Patron
Pierre Watkin
as Charlie - Phyllis's Escort
Brooks Benedict
as Phyllis's Friend (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
as Nightclub Patron
Broderick O'Farrell
as Office Worker
Ronald R. Rondell
as Office Worker
Suzanne Ridgway
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Richard Lane
as McNab
Virginia Brissac
as Miss Collins (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
as Office Worker
Larry Steers
as Office Worker
William Halligan
as Latimer
Manuel París
as Waiter
Pat West
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Brian Aherne
as Stephen Dexter
Robert Benchley
as Roger Van Horn
Janet Shaw
as Lucy - the Bride (uncredited)
Chester Clute
as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
Paul Everton
as Board Member
Alphonse Martell
as Waiter
William B. Davidson
as Mumford (as William Davidson)
Gino Corrado
as Waiter (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
as Swan Club Patron
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter
Rolfe Sedan
as Maitre D'
