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Wives and Lovers

"You Can't Tell Them Apart Without a Scorecard!"

Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a struggling writer, at least until agent Lucinda Ford breaks the news that she's sold his book to a publisher, including the rights to turn it into a Broadway play. A new house in Connecticut is the first way to celebrate. But during the long hours Bill is away working on the play, Bertie befriends hard-drinking neighbor Fran Cabrell and her boyfriend Wylie, who plant seeds of suspicion in Bertie's mind that Bill and his beautiful agent might be more than just business partners. Bertie jealously retaliates by flirting with Gar Aldrich, an actor who will be in her husband's play. Bill goes to Connecticut for a heart-to-heart talk, finds Gar there and punches him.

Top Cast

  • Janet Leigh

    Janet Leigh

    Bertie Austin

  • Van Johnson

    Van Johnson

    Bill Austin

  • Shelley Winters

    Shelley Winters

    Fran Cabrell

  • Martha Hyer

    Martha Hyer

    Lucinda Ford

  • Ray Walston

    Ray Walston

    Wylie Driberg

  • Jeremy Slate

    Jeremy Slate

    Gar Aldrich

  • Claire Wilcox

    Claire Wilcox

    Julie Austin

  • Lee Patrick

    Lee Patrick

    Mrs. Swanson

  • Dick Wessel

    Dick Wessel

    Mr. Liberti

Overview

Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a struggling writer, at least until agent Lucinda Ford breaks the news that she's sold his book to a publisher, including the rights to turn it into a Broadway play. A new house in Connecticut is the first way to celebrate. But during the long hours Bill is away working on the play, Bertie befriends hard-drinking neighbor Fran Cabrell and her boyfriend Wylie, who plant seeds of suspicion in Bertie's mind that Bill and his beautiful agent might be more than just business partners. Bertie jealously retaliates by flirting with Gar Aldrich, an actor who will be in her husband's play. Bill goes to Connecticut for a heart-to-heart talk, finds Gar there and punches him.

Rating

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