Fred wants to start a new life with a new wife, but it isn't easy to give Paulette the gate for another mate.Fred wants to start a new life with a new wife, but it isn't easy to give Paulette the gate for another mate.Fred wants to start a new life with a new wife, but it isn't easy to give Paulette the gate for another mate.
Eddie Acuff
- Man Retrieving Pajamas
- (uncredited)
Harry Anderson
- Door Attendant
- (uncredited)
Griff Barnett
- Conductor on Train
- (uncredited)
George Barrows
- Military Policeman at Dock
- (uncredited)
George Barton
- Workman
- (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPete meets Mary at the train station where he plans to act the buffoon to make her want to sign the divorce papers and calls her a, "wonderful white woman." That would not fly in 2023.
- Quotes
Jack Lindsay: Isn't it terrible how completely women know each other?
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are shown over lovebirds and nests.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door (1996)
Featured review
Pleasant enough but lacks zip
Paulette Goddard and Fred MacMurray share some cute moments in this modest comedy-drama about a married couple just back from the War. Back in 1941 they had planned to divorce—but then Fred went to the Pacific to fight and Paulette became a WAC and zipped around Europe.
Now it's 1946 and they have to decide how—or whether—to put their lives back together.
Of course there are complications....Fred has taken up with the snooty Other Woman (Arleen Whelan), who wants him to get that divorce. And Fred's best friend (Macdonald Carey), seeing that Paulette may soon be free, sensibly takes an interest in pursuing her.
Unfortunately, Whelan's character just isn't very interesting, and Carey comes across as pushy at best. MacMurray and Goddard seem to be trying hard but there's just not much to their story—a lot of talking but not much snap or depth to the dialog, which leaves the plot feeling flat, too.
The two stars do look good; one could always do worse than spend an hour-and-a-half with Fred and Paulette. If the picture is unconvincing, at least it's also inoffensive.
Now it's 1946 and they have to decide how—or whether—to put their lives back together.
Of course there are complications....Fred has taken up with the snooty Other Woman (Arleen Whelan), who wants him to get that divorce. And Fred's best friend (Macdonald Carey), seeing that Paulette may soon be free, sensibly takes an interest in pursuing her.
Unfortunately, Whelan's character just isn't very interesting, and Carey comes across as pushy at best. MacMurray and Goddard seem to be trying hard but there's just not much to their story—a lot of talking but not much snap or depth to the dialog, which leaves the plot feeling flat, too.
The two stars do look good; one could always do worse than spend an hour-and-a-half with Fred and Paulette. If the picture is unconvincing, at least it's also inoffensive.
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- csteidler
- Jun 16, 2016
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- Die widerspenstige Gattin
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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