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Title: Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
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| Ray Milland | ... | George Cugat | |
| Betty Field | ... | Mary Elizabeth Cugat | |
| Patricia Morison | ... | Myra Ponsonby | |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | Bunker | |
| Charles Dingle | ... | Duncan Atterbury | |
| Leif Erickson | ... | Bill Stone | |
| Elisabeth Risdon | ... | Mrs. Westwood | |
| Richard Haydn | ... | Chuck | |
| Kathleen Lockhart | ... | Laura Atterbury | |
| Phillip Terry | ... | Cory Cortwright | |
| Cecil Kellaway | ... | Dr. Buell | |
| Anne Revere | ... | Anna | |
| Charles Lane | ... | Mr. Brooks | |
| Charlotte Wynters | ... | Mrs. Finley | |
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Clinton Rosemond | ... | Enos |
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Ray Milland and Betty Field play a warring married couple who hope to patch up their differences by adopting a baby. When Milland's ex-flame Patricia Morrison shows up unexpectedly, the fur flies.
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(uncredited)
Written by Walter Hirsch, Ben Bernie and Al Goering
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. It was first telecast in Philadelphia Wednesday 7 January 1959 on WCAU (Channel 10) followed by New York City 28 January 1959 on WCBS (Channel 2); it first aired in Omaha 2 June 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), in Phoenix 14 July 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12), in Detroit 29 October on WJBK (Channel 2), in Grand Rapids 18 November 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8), and in Toledo 19 January 1960 on WTOL (Channel 11). See more »Quotes
Mary Elizabeth Cugat: Oh, George. Sometimes I think you're my biggest whiffle come true.See more »
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[prologue] Mr. and Mrs. Cugat - George and Liz to you - live right around the corner in that two-storey house. Like you and your brother-in-law and the fellow next door, they own their home, their car and their piano - all in partnership with the finance company . See more »Soundtracks
Who's Your Little Whoziz?(uncredited)
Written by Walter Hirsch, Ben Bernie and Al Goering
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15 June 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The knight in the shiny armor scenes are the greatest! I couldn't stop laughing. What a great piece of comedy. Fantastic!