The Wife Takes a Flyer

Year: 1942

Runtime: 86 mins

Language: English

Director: Richard Wallace

RomanceWarComedy

Shot down over occupied Holland, American RAF pilot Christopher Reynolds is hidden by a Dutch family. He pretends to be the insane husband of Anita Wolverman, convincing Major Zellfritz to grant her divorce. Anita, now running a home for retired ladies, is urged to spy for him. When her real husband escapes an asylum, Reynolds is blamed, but with Anita’s help he steals a German plane and returns to England.

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