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The Doctor Takes a Wife

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Release: 1940-04-25 ·Runtime: 88m ·★ 6.4
Comedy Romance

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Cast

Dorothy Anne Seese Dorothy Anne Seese as Child (uncredited) Larry Wheat Larry Wheat as Party Guest (uncredited) Chester Clute Chester Clute as Johnson Edgar Dearing Edgar Dearing as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) Edward Earle Edward Earle as Party Guest (uncredited) Sumner Getchell Sumner Getchell as Wedding Celebrant (uncredited) William Newell William Newell as Soda Jerk (uncredited) John Wray John Wray as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited) Reginald Gardiner Reginald Gardiner as John Pierce Gail Patrick Gail Patrick as Marilyn Thomas Don Beddoe Don Beddoe as Morning Express Reporter (uncredited) Bobby Larson Bobby Larson as Boy (uncredited) Ray Milland Ray Milland as Dr. Timothy Sterling Gordon Jones Gordon Jones as O'Brien Helen Ainsworth Helen Ainsworth as Amazon in Book Store (uncredited) Gertrude Astor Gertrude Astor as Extra (uncredited) Harry C. Bradley Harry C. Bradley as Dapper Salesman (uncredited) Spencer Charters Spencer Charters as Henry Quinn (uncredited) Loretta Young Loretta Young as June Cameron Georges Metaxa Georges Metaxa as Jean Rovere Charles Halton Charles Halton as Dr. Streeter Paul McAllister Paul McAllister as Dean Lawton Erville Alderson Erville Alderson as Harrison, the Printer (uncredited) Edward Gargan Edward Gargan as George, the Doorman (uncredited) Eddie Laughton Eddie Laughton as Photographer (uncredited) Hal K. Dawson Hal K. Dawson as Charlie Jane Keckley Jane Keckley as Mrs. Quinn (uncredited) Vera Steadman Vera Steadman as Extra (uncredited) Gertrude Sutton Gertrude Sutton as Mabel (voice) (uncredited) Carol Tevis Carol Tevis as Whiney Woman in Bookstore (uncredited) Edward Van Sloan Edward Van Sloan as Burkhardt Dorothy Appleby Dorothy Appleby as Woman in Book Store (uncredited) Irving Bacon Irving Bacon as Sam Appleby (uncredited) Claire Du Brey Claire Du Brey as Party Guest (uncredited) Olin Howland Olin Howland as Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited) Vernon Dent Vernon Dent as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited) Frank Sully Frank Sully as Slapcovitch Charles Lane Charles Lane as Reporter (uncredited) Renie Riano Renie Riano as Telegraph Operator (uncredited) Virginia Sale Virginia Sale as School Teacher (uncredited) Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn as Dr. Lionel Sterling Frances Morris Frances Morris as University Registration Desk Clerk (uncredited) Frank Orth Frank Orth as New York Editor (uncredited)