Hired Wife (1940)

Director
William A. Seiter

Main cast
Rosalind Russell; Brian Aherne; Virginia Bruce; Robert Benchley; John Carroll

Genres


Description
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.


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