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Too Many Husbands

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When Bill Cardew (Fred MacMurray) goes missing, his ship lost at sea, his wife, Vicky (Jean Arthur), assumes he is dead. A year later, she is married to Bill's old business partner, Henry Lowndes (Melvyn Douglas). But, of course, it turns out that Bill isn't dead, he was just shipwrecked. When he arrives back in town, he is shocked to see his wife with another man. While Bill expects Vicky to dump Harry and return to him, Vicky toys with the idea of staying married to both men.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Aug 24, 2012
C+
Modest fluffy screwball comedy. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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David K @RT61474040 11 hrs ago One long joke that just wears out before your eyes. See more W. W. W @Witt2k9 Jan 14, 2026 Compared to similar movie such as My Favorite Wife, Too many husbands is no compete, no fun and boring. It's also one of the worst movie from Melvine Douglas, McMurry's too. See more Rare T @RT00283363 Dec 22, 2024 Eventful, witty, and inventive, Too Many Husbands is a funny screwball comedy that would keep one wondering right till the last minute. The characters are distinguishably funny and well-casted, and it feels like no one but Jean Arthur could have played her role. See more Steve D @RT35616104 Jan 13, 2024 It has been done better...this year! See more TheMeefive H @RT43367484 Sep 12, 2020 An embarrassingly ridiculous movie that gets tiresome very quickly. A woman's supposed dead husband comes back a year later to find her remarried to his best friend and business partner Then the movie stalls and never moves on. See more Nov 2, 2014 I loved the movie it was a funny, miraculous movie I loved the script and setting of the movie See more Read all reviews
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Wesley Ruggles

Director

Jean Arthur

Vicky Lowndes

Fred MacMurray

Bill Cardew

Melvyn Douglas

Henry Lowndes

Harry Davenport

George

Dorothy Peterson

Gertrude Houlihan
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Synopsis When Bill Cardew (Fred MacMurray) goes missing, his ship lost at sea, his wife, Vicky (Jean Arthur), assumes he is dead. A year later, she is married to Bill's old business partner, Henry Lowndes (Melvyn Douglas). But, of course, it turns out that Bill isn't dead, he was just shipwrecked. When he arrives back in town, he is shocked to see his wife with another man. While Bill expects Vicky to dump Harry and return to him, Vicky toys with the idea of staying married to both men.
Director
Wesley Ruggles
Producer
Wesley Ruggles
Screenwriter
Claude Binyon, W. Somerset Maugham
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 21, 1940, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2018
Runtime
1h 24m
Sound Mix
Mono
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