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Wife Wanted (1946) | Slate

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Rated 7.8 on TMDB

Wife Wanted

Here's The Whole Shocking Story Of So-Called "Friendship Clubs" That Sell Marriage, Companionship and Romance, But Deliver Shame and Extortion!

Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.

Released: 1946
Runtime: 1h 13m
Rated: NR
Genres: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Sidney SutherlandScreenplay

Phil KarlsonDirector

Cast

Kay FrancisCarole Raymond
Paul CavanaghJeffrey Caldwell
Robert ShayneBill Tyler

Caryl ColemanScreenplay

Robert E. CallahanNovel

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Unavailable

Veda Ann BorgNola Reed

Teala LoringMildred Hayes

John GallaudetLee Kirby

Jonathan HalePhilip Conway

Tim RyanBartender

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