The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
113 audience votes
Key crew
- Ernst LubitschDirector
- Charles BrackettScreenplay
- Billy WilderScreenplay
- Werner R. HeymannOriginal Music Composer
- Friedrich HollaenderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Claudette ColbertNicole De Loiselle
- Gary CooperMichael Brandon
- Edward Everett HortonMarquis De Loiselle
- David NivenAlbert De Regnier
- Elizabeth PattersonAunt Hedwige
- Herman BingMonsieur Pepinard
- Warren HymerKid Mulligan
- Franklin PangbornAssistant Hotel Manager
- Armand CortesAssistant Hotel Manager
- Rolfe SedanFloorwalker
- Lawrence GrantProfessor Urganzeff
- Lionel PapeMonsieur Potin
Stills
Themes
wifedepartment storemillionairescrewball comedymeet cuteunconsummated marriageromantic pursuitcomedy of remarriagene'er do wellserial bridegroomprenuptial agreement