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Turnabout (1940)

Turnabout poster
Directed by
Hal Roach
Genre
screwball comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married couple constantly bicker until a magical statue grants them the ability to switch bodies. They must now live each other's lives and learn to understand each other.

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What happens

Turnabout is a 1940 fantasy comedy film directed by Hal Roach and starring Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis and John Hubbard. Based on the 1931 novel, Turnabout, by Thorne Smith, the screenplay was written by Mickell Novack, Bernie Giler and John McClain with additional dialogue by Rian James. In 1979, the screenplay was adapted for the short-lived television series with the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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