You Must Get Married

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You Must Get Married
Directed by Leslie Pearce
Written byRichard Fisher
F. McGrew Willis
Based onYou Must Get Married
by David Evans
Produced byBasil Humphreys
Starring
Cinematography Claude Friese-Greene
Production
company
Distributed byCity Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 1936 (1936-12)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

You Must Get Married is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Frances Day, Neil Hamilton and Robertson Hare. [1] It was based on a novel of the same title by David Evans.

Contents

Premise

In order to be able to work in Britain an American actress marries a British sailor.

Cast

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References

  1. "You Must Get Married (1936)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.