Comedy · United States of America · 1940 · 1h 8m

You Can't Fool Your Wife

Director

Cast

Lucille Ball as Clara Fields Hinklin James Ellison as Andrew Hinklin Robert Coote as Battincourt William Halligan as J.R. Gillespie, Sr. Emma Dunn as Mother Fields Virginia Vale as Sally

Crew

J. Roy Hunt — Director of Photography Theron Warth — Editor Roy Webb — Original Music Composer Jerome Cady — Screenplay Ray McCarey — Story Richard Carroll — Story

Tagline

IS SHE SWEETHEART-OR JUST PLAIN WIFE?

Synopsis

Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky than idyllic.

Mood & Themes

mistaken identity b movie conflict with in-law

Key Collaborators

Ray McCarey Director J. Roy Hunt Director of Photography Theron Warth Editor Roy Webb Original Music Composer Jerome Cady Screenplay Ray McCarey Story Richard Carroll Story Cliff Reid Producer Edward Stevenson Costume Design

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