The Wife Takes a Flyer

Richard Wallace
1942-04-28

SHOT DOWN FROM THE SKIES...BUT HIS HEAD WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS!
4.5
86 min

Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.

Cast

Name Character Team
Joan Bennett Anita Woverman Unowned
Franchot Tone Christopher Reynolds Unowned
Allyn Joslyn Major Zellfritz Unowned
Cecil Cunningham Countess Oldenburg Unowned
Roger Clark Keith Unowned
Lloyd Corrigan Thomas Woverman Unowned
Lyle Latell Muller Unowned
Georgia Caine Mrs. Woverman Unowned
Barbara Brown Maria Woverman Unowned
Erskine Sanford Jan Unowned
Chester Clute Adolphe Bietjelboer Unowned
Hans Conried Hendrik Woverman Unowned
Romaine Callender Zanten Unowned
Aubrey Mather Chief Justice Unowned
William Edmunds Gustav Unowned
Margaret Seddon The Twin Unowned
Kate MacKenna The Twin Unowned
Josephine Allen Woman Unowned
Frank Alten German Orderly Unowned
Hugh Beaumont Officer Unowned
Mary Bertrand Woman Unowned
Elsie Bishop Woman Unowned
Colin Blair Man Unowned
Marie Blake Frieda Unowned
Fredric Bolton Cpl. Heinde Unowned
Lloyd Bridges German Sergeant Unowned
Nora Cecil Miss Updike Unowned
Wheaton Chambers Chaplain Unowned
Leslie Denison English Officer Unowned
Vernon Downing English Officer Unowned
Carl Ekberg Adolf Hitler Unowned
Nellie Farrell Woman Unowned
Chris Franke German Officer Unowned
Arno Frey German Officer Unowned
Steven Geray Gestapo Agent Unowned
Chuck Hamilton German Officer Unowned
Hallene Hill Old Lady Unowned
Max Hoffman Jr. Sergeant Unowned
Gertrude Hoffmann Mrs. Gruyson Unowned
Belle Johnstone Woman Unowned
Kurt Katch Capt. Schmutnick Unowned
Cy Kendall Gestapo Agent Unowned
Manart Kippen Gestapo Agent Unowned
Pat Lane German Officer Unowned
Stella LeSaint Woman Unowned
Lucille Lisle Woman Unowned
Joe McGuinn Lieutenant Unowned
John Merton German Soldier Unowned
James Millican Gestapo Agent Unowned
David Newell German Officer Unowned
John S. Peters German Officer Unowned
Curtis Railing Mrs. Brandt Unowned
Gordon Richards Maj. Wilson Unowned
Bert Roach Guldschreschts Unowned
Erik Rolf Gestapo Leader Unowned
Phoebe Rudd Woman Unowned
Marie Spingold Woman Unowned
Agnes Steele Woman Unowned
Minnie Steele Woman Unowned
Walter Stiritz German Officer Unowned
George Turner German Officer Unowned
Gohr Van Vleck Court Attendant Unowned
Henry Victor Col. Bosch Unowned
John Vosper German Sergeant Unowned
Max Wagner Sergeant Unowned
Lloyd Whitlock Head Waiter Unowned
Eleanor Wood Woman Unowned
William Yetter Sr. German Officer Unowned
Mary Young Old Lady Unowned
Henry Zynda Officer Unowned