How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
Stanley Ford is a successful cartoonist and happily single. That is, until he gets drunk at a friend's bachelor party and impulsively proposes to the beautiful woman who pops out of the cake. Once sober, he regrets the decision, but she won't agree to a divorce. Stanley jokingly vents his frustrations in his comic strip by having the main character kill his wife. But when his actual wife goes missing and Stanley is arrested for her murder, he has a change of heart.
Director: Richard Quine
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Jack Lemmon as Stanley Ford |
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Virna Lisi as Mrs. Ford |
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Terry-Thomas as Charles |
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Eddie Mayehoff as Harold Lampson |
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Claire Trevor as Edna |
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Sidney Blackmer as Judge Blackstone |
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Max Showalter as Tobey Rawlins |
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Jack Albertson as Dr. Bentley |
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Mary Wickes as Harold's Secretary |
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Alan Hewitt as District Attorney |
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Barry Kelley as Club Member |
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William Bryant as Club Member |
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Charles Bateman as Club Member |
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Edward Faulkner as Club Member |
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Lauren Gilbert as Men's Club Manager |
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Howard Wendell as The Trial Judge |
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Khigh Dhiegh as Bald Actor Playing Thug |
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K.C. Townsend as Party Girl |
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Tom Palmer as Club Member (uncredited) |
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Stuart Hall as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Directing | Richard Quine | Director |
| Writing | George Axelrod | Writer |
| Production | George Axelrod | Producer |
| Sound | Neal Hefti | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Editing | David Wages | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred Williams | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Gordon Carroll | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kerwin Coughlin | Casting |
| Art | Richard Sylbert | Production Design |
| Art | William Kiernan | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Moss Mabry | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Ray | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Shannon | Hairstylist |
| Production | Jack Fier | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Carter DeHaven Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Angelo Laiacona | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Jack Carter | Property Master |
| Art | Philip M. Jefferies | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Gene Lauritzen | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Geza Gaspar | Special Effects |
| Sound | Lyle Figland | Sound |
| Sound | James Nelson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | J.S. Westmoreland | Sound |
| Camera | Wally Meinardus | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Alan Stetson | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Izzy Berne | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Osborne | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | John C. Hammell | Music Editor |
| Directing | Esther Stephenson | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Robert Sidney | Choreographer |
| Crew | Benno Schneider | Dialogue Coach |