The Compulsory Wife

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The Compulsory Wife
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Written by John Dighton
Reginald Purdell
Produced by Irving Asher
Starring Henry Kendall
Joyce Kirby
Cinematography Basil Emmott
Distributed by Warner Brothers-First National Productions
Release date
  • March 1937 (1937-03)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Compulsory Wife is a 1937 British comedy film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Henry Kendall and Joyce Kirby.

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The film was a quota quickie production with a plot dealing with the farcical complications arising when a pair of strangers have to spend a night alone together in a country cottage when their hosts are detained in town. Overnight all their luggage is stolen by a burglar, leaving them with nothing but their nightclothes. Then the next morning their hosts and the other guests start arriving. It is now classed as a lost film. [1]

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  1. Missing Believed Lost British Pictures Article Archive.