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
Virginia Brissac
as Miss Collins (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
as Nightclub Patron
Chester Clute
as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
Charles Judels
as Photographer
Manuel París
as Waiter
George Humbert
as Chef
Virginia Bruce
as Phyllis Walden
Hobart Cavanaugh
as William
Leonard Carey
as Peterson - Butler
Frank McLure
as Nightclub Patron
Broderick O'Farrell
as Office Worker
Larry Steers
as Office Worker
Rosalind Russell
as Kendal Browning
William Halligan
as Latimer
Charles Smith
as Leo - Office Boy
Robert Benchley
as Roger Van Horn
Pat West
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Paul Everton
as Board Member
Rolfe Sedan
as Maitre D'
Pierre Watkin
as Charlie - Phyllis's Escort
Poppy Wilde
as Swan Club Patron
Suzanne Ridgway
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Brian Aherne
as Stephen Dexter
William B. Davidson
as Mumford (as William Davidson)
Gino Corrado
as Waiter (uncredited)
Janet Shaw
as Lucy - the Bride (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
as Waiter
Ronald R. Rondell
as Office Worker
Dale Van Sickel
as Office Worker
John Carroll
as Jose de Briganza
Selmer Jackson
as Hudson (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
as Swan Club Patron
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter
Cyril Ring
as Office Worker
Richard Lane
as McNab
Brooks Benedict
as Phyllis's Friend (uncredited)
