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Too Many Husbands

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When Bill Cardew (Fred MacMurray) goes missing, his ship lost at sea, his wife, Vicky (Jean Arthur), assumes he is dead. A year later, she is married to Bill's old business partner, Henry Lowndes (Melvyn Douglas). But, of course, it turns out that Bill isn't dead, he was just shipwrecked. When he arrives back in town, he is shocked to see his wife with another man. While Bill expects Vicky to dump Harry and return to him, Vicky toys with the idea of staying married to both men.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Modest fluffy screwball comedy. Rated: C+ Aug 24, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rare T Eventful, witty, and inventive, Too Many Husbands is a funny screwball comedy that would keep one wondering right till the last minute. The characters are distinguishably funny and well-casted, and it feels like no one but Jean Arthur could have played her role. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/22/24 Full Review Steve D It has been done better...this year! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/13/24 Full Review Audience Member An embarrassingly ridiculous movie that gets tiresome very quickly. A woman's supposed dead husband comes back a year later to find her remarried to his best friend and business partner Then the movie stalls and never moves on. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I loved the movie it was a funny, miraculous movie I loved the script and setting of the movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member if the three leading actors of "too many husbands" weren't of the calibur that jean arthur, fred macmurray, and melvyn douglas are, this could have been a real stinker, but the three of them bring non stop laughs and a good amount of charm. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member this might seem familiar cos cary grant irenne dunne vehicle with the same plot Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Wesley Ruggles

Director

Jean Arthur

Vicky Lowndes

Fred MacMurray

Bill Cardew

Melvyn Douglas

Henry Lowndes

Harry Davenport

George

Dorothy Peterson

Gertrude Houlihan
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Synopsis When Bill Cardew (Fred MacMurray) goes missing, his ship lost at sea, his wife, Vicky (Jean Arthur), assumes he is dead. A year later, she is married to Bill's old business partner, Henry Lowndes (Melvyn Douglas). But, of course, it turns out that Bill isn't dead, he was just shipwrecked. When he arrives back in town, he is shocked to see his wife with another man. While Bill expects Vicky to dump Harry and return to him, Vicky toys with the idea of staying married to both men.
Director
Wesley Ruggles
Producer
Wesley Ruggles
Screenwriter
Claude Binyon, W. Somerset Maugham
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 21, 1940, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2018
Runtime
1h 24m
Sound Mix
Mono