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A dedicated bachelor drunkenly marries a young woman and immediately lives to regret it.A dedicated bachelor drunkenly marries a young woman and immediately lives to regret it.A dedicated bachelor drunkenly marries a young woman and immediately lives to regret it.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
William Bryant
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- (as Bill Bryant)
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- TriviaDuring a taping of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), Jack Lemmon told this story. Prior to starting the film, the husband of co-star Virna Lisi made her promise that she would not be talked into doing a nude scene in her first American film. She assured him that she would not, signed the contract and traveled to Hollywood. While filming the "revelation" scene, where Lemmon awakens to discover in horror that he had gotten married at the bachelor party, she had to disrobe and lay in the bed nude but discreetly covered with a sheet. However, it was this day that her husband, an architect, arrived unannounced at the set to surprise his wife. When he walked into the scene, he became very upset. He focused his anger toward Lemmon who, realizing that discretion was the better part of valor, exited the set at full speed with Virna's husband in pursuit. Running past several sound stages on the MGM lot, he quickly found a garbage dumpster, jumped in and closed the cover. He waited there until security officers found him.
- GoofsIn the opening scenes, the same woman in a red skirt and black top can be seen walking past Stanley's house (left to right) twice - firstly when Charles is collecting the newspaper and then when Charles and Stanley are leaving in the car.
- Quotes
Charles Firbank: This is Mr. Ford's shower - thermostatically controlled at Mr. Ford's body temperature: ninety-eight point *seven*!
- Crazy creditsAt first, it only says How to Your Wife on the screen, in white letters. Then, the word Murder shows up in red letters in the space between the two rows of text.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TCM Guest Programmer: Tom Kenny (2005)
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Comic Strips in the film
The comic strips in the film were actually drawn by the late Alex Toth. Alex Toth (June 25, 1928 May 27, 2006), pronounced with a long "o", was a professional cartoonist. He began his career in comic strips and comic books but is best known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
His work included Super Friends, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost and Birdman.
Toth's work has been resurrected in the late-night, adult-themed spinoffs on Cartoon Network: Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Sealab 2021 and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
Some newspapers even carried 10 days of teaser Bash Brannigan strips which got sillier and sillier with insider Hollywood comments each day of its' short run.
It was one of those things life blesses us with. - Sparky
His work included Super Friends, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost and Birdman.
Toth's work has been resurrected in the late-night, adult-themed spinoffs on Cartoon Network: Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Sealab 2021 and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
Some newspapers even carried 10 days of teaser Bash Brannigan strips which got sillier and sillier with insider Hollywood comments each day of its' short run.
It was one of those things life blesses us with. - Sparky
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- Jun 18, 2006
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Wie bringt man seine Frau um?
- Filming locations
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(at Rheingold Brewery)
- Production company
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- Gross US & Canada
- $12,467,420
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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