So Your Wife Wants to Work

July. 14,1956      NR
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Joe McDoakes' wife Alice wants to return to work to add income to the household. Joe would rather she stay at home to tend to domestic duties. When Alice threatens to return to her old job, a reluctant Joe agrees to her request to get her a job at his office. How will this work out?

George O'Hanlon as  Joe McDoakes
Phyllis Coates as  Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers as  Co-Worker (uncredited)
Lester Dorr as  Harry (uncredited)
Emory Parnell as  Mr. Batten (uncredited)

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Reviews

Cleveronix
1956/07/14

A different way of telling a story

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BelSports
1956/07/15

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Philippa
1956/07/16

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Rexanne
1956/07/17

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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