The Doctor Takes a Wife

"The Romance Is Contagious! The Fun Is Catching!"

Jul 18 1940 Approved 1h 28m
Comedy, Romance

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.

Plot

June Cameron has written a best seller about spinsters: women are men's equals and don't need them for fulfillment. Through a series of errors and misunderstandings, the press believes she's married Tim Sterling, a university instructor she's just met. Her publisher wants to let the mistake go uncorrected for a few weeks so she can write a best seller about being married; Tim cooperates because, in hidebound academia, being married may help with a promotion. The flies in the ointment are June and Tim's instant enmity, Tim's stubbornness, and his girlfriend Marilyn, who may not let the charade play out. There's no way everyone can get what they want.

Written by

George Seaton, Ken Englund, Aleen Leslie

Directed by

Alexander Hall

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,102
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA