The Doctor Takes a Wife

The Doctor Takes a Wife

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1940-04-25
Duration:88 min
Director:Alexander Hall
Actors:Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick, Edmund Gwenn
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

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.

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