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Dear Wife (1949) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1949 · 88 mins · English
- Directed by
- Richard Haydn
- Starring
- William Holden, Irving Bacon, Mary Field, Elisabeth Fraser, Arleen Whelan, Edward Arnold
Teenaged Miriam launches a campaign to nominate her brother‑in‑law Bill Seacroft for state senate, opposing the entrenched local political machine, which secretly backs her father, Judge Wilkins. As rival candidates share the same house, tensions rise, especially for Ruth—Bill’s wife and the judge’s daughter—who must juggle family loyalties and political intrigue.
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