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How to Murder Your Wife ()

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A dedicated bachelor drunkenly marries a young woman and immediately lives to regret it.
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Stanley Ford
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Mrs. Ford
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Harold Lampson
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Edna
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Judge Blackstone
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Tobey Rawlins
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Dr. Bentley
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Party Girl
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Donald Chaffin ...
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Dick Cherney ...
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Dan Dowling ...
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Bobby Gilbert ...
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Murray Pollack ...
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Paul Power ...
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Jerry Rush ...
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Mark Russell ...
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Hal Taggart ...
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Chalky Williams ...
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Richard Quine

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George Axelrod ... producer
Gordon Carroll ... executive producer

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Neal Hefti

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Harry Stradling Sr. ... director of photography (as Harry Stradling)

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David Wages

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Kerwin Coughlin

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Richard Sylbert

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William Kiernan

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Moss Mabry

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Harry Ray ... makeup artist
Peggy Shannon ... hair stylist
Fred Williams ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Jack Fier ... production supervisor

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Carter De Haven Jr. ... assistant director (as Carter De Haven)
Angelo Laiacona ... first assistant director (uncredited)

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Jack Carter ... prop master
Philip M. Jefferies ... assistant art director
Gene Lauritzen ... construction coordinator (uncredited)

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Lyle Figland ... sound
James Nelson ... sound effects editor
J.S. Westmoreland ... sound (as Josh Westmoreland)

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Geza Gaspar ... special effects

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Lucky Kargo ... stunts (uncredited)

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Wally Meinardus ... camera operator
Alan Stetson ... electrician
Douglas Kirkland ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Izzy Berne ... wardrobe
Marie Osborne ... wardrobe

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John C. Hammell ... music editor (as John Hammell)

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Esther Stephenson ... script supervisor

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Mel Keefer ... comic strip art work
Benno Schneider ... dialogue coach
Robert Sidney ... choreographer
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Plot Summary

Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charles. When he wakes up the morning after the night before - he had attended a friend's stag party - he finds that he is married to the very beautiful woman who popped out of the cake - and who doesn't speak a word of English. Despite his initial protestations, he comes to like married life and even changes his cartoon character from a super spy to a somewhat harried husband. When after several months he decides to kill off Bash's wife in the cartoon, his wife misinterprets his intentions and disappears. Which leads the police to charge him with murder. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines Bring The Little Woman...Maybe She'll Die Laughing! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Comment tuer votre femme (France)
  • Wie bringt man seine Frau um? (Germany)
  • Cómo matar a la propia esposa (Spain)
  • Cómo matar a la propia mujer (Spain)
  • Πως να δολοφονήσετε τη γυναίκα σας (Greece)
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Trivia During a taping of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), Jack Lemmon told this story. Prior to starting the film, the husband of co-star Virna Lisi made her promise that she would not be talked into doing a nude scene in her first American film. She assured him that she would not, signed the contract and traveled to Hollywood. While filming the "revelation" scene, where Lemmon awakens to discover in horror that he had gotten married at the bachelor party, she had to disrobe and lay in the bed nude but discreetly covered with a sheet. However, it was this day that her husband, an architect, arrived unannounced at the set to surprise his wife. When he walked into the scene, he became very upset. He focused his anger toward Lemmon who, realizing that discretion was the better part of valor, exited the set at full speed with Virna's husband in pursuit. Running past several sound stages on the MGM lot, he quickly found a garbage dumpster, jumped in and closed the cover. He waited there until security officers found him. See more »
Goofs In the opening scenes, the same woman in a red skirt and black top can be seen walking past Stanley's house (left to right) twice - firstly when Charles is collecting the newspaper and then when Charles and Stanley are leaving in the car. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Tom Kenny (2005). See more »
Soundtracks Happy Days Are Here Again See more »
Crazy Credits In the opening credits, the title says only "How to Your Wife" on the screen, in white letters. Then, the word "Murder" shows up in red letters in the space between the two rows of text. See more »
Quotes Stanley Ford: Good evening, Judge Blackstone. I'm afraid this is a mournful occasion.
Judge Blackstone: Not at all, my boy, not at all. Been married 38 years myself. And I don't regret one day of it. The one day I don't regret was... August 2, 1936. She was off visiting her ailing mother at the time.
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