Strange Wives

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Strange Wives
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Screenplay byJames Mulhauser
Barry Trivers
Gladys Buchanan Unger
Produced by Stanley Bergerman
Starring Roger Pryor
June Clayworth
Esther Ralston
Hugh O'Connell
Ralph Forbes
Cesar Romero
Cinematography George Robinson
Edited by Edward Curtiss
Music by Edward Ward
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 10, 1934 (1934-12-10)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Strange Wives is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe, written by James Mulhauser, Barry Trivers, and Gladys Buchanan Unger, and starring Roger Pryor, June Clayworth, Esther Ralston, Hugh O'Connell, Ralph Forbes, and Cesar Romero. It was released on December 10, 1934, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Against his better judgment, stockbroker Jimmy King proposes marriage to a Russian refugee called Nadja, promptly complicating his life. He ends up supporting Nadja and all of her family, then must come up with a clever way of getting them all to be self-reliant and out of his house.

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