How to Murder Your Wife

Movie · Comedy

Stanley Ford (Jack Lemmon) 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 (Virna Lisi). 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.

1965 · 1h 58m
Director Richard Quine

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How to Murder Your Wife

Comedy

Stanley Ford (Jack Lemmon) 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 (Virna Lisi). 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.

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Average 6.2
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Fresh 9
Rotten 5

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Studio
Murder Inc.
Released
1965
Run Time
1 hr 58 min
Region of Origin
United States
© 1965 George Axelrod and Jalem Production, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English

Subtitles

English (United States) (SDH), French (France) , German (Germany) , Italian (Italy) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain)

Accessibility

Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.