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Documentary · Comedy · 1950 · 10 min

So You Want to Hold Your Husband.

DocumentaryComedy

Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor. None of the courses of action she is advised to take have any impact on Joe, until she is advised to create the impression that she has left Joe for another man.

Director: Richard L. Bare

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George O'Hanlon

George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes / Baby McDoakes

Monte Blue

Rice - Curry's Partner

Phyllis Coates

Alice McDoakes / Baby McDoakes

Art Gilmore

Soap Opera Narrator

Fred Kelsey

Lamb - Curry's Partner

Ted Stanhope

Curry - Marriage Counsellor / Baby McDoakes

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Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

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🇺🇸United States of America

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English

🇺🇸Estados UnidosJul 1, 1950

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IMDb

6.6 /10

49 votes

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Metacritic

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TMDB

9.0 /10

1 votes

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Weighted average

7.7/10

IMDb6.6
TMDB9.0