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Wife Wanted (1946)

Wife Wanted poster
Directed by
Phil Karlson
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman gets involved with a con man who tricks wealthy men into marriage. She becomes entangled in a scheme that leads to blackmail and murder.

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What happens

Wife Wanted is a 1946 American crime drama film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Kay Francis in her last film role, Paul Cavanagh, and Robert Shayne. The film's screenplay was written by Caryl Coleman and Sidney Sutherland, based on the novel Wife Wanted by Robert E. Callahan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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