Film

Are Husbands Necessary?

1942 · 1h 19m · Comedy · Romance

IMDb

5.6

George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and dream of having a child. Although they live comfortably on George's earnings as a bank official, Liz's scatterbrained handling of their finances constantly puts them in jeopardy. Liz becomes jealous when George's former girl friend, Myra Ponsonby, comes for a visit with his party-loving friends Bill Stone, Cory Cartwright and Chuck, an artist, after which George spends the entire evening dancing at a nightclub with Myra.

Ray Milland

George Cugat

Betty Field

Mary Elizabeth Cugat

Patricia Morison

Myra Ponsonby

Eugene Pallette

Bunker

Charles Dingle

Duncan Atterbury

Leif Erickson

Bill Stone

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Westwood

Richard Haydn

Chuck

Kathleen Lockhart

Laura Atterbury

Phillip Terry

Cory Cortwright

Anne Revere

Anna

• Norman TaurogDirector
• Tess SlesingerScreenplay
• Frank DavisScreenplay
• Fred KohlmarProducer
• Charles LangDirector of Photography
• Robert Emmett DolanOriginal Music Composer
• LeRoy StoneEditor

Release date

June 15, 1942

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Budget

$552,000

Revenue

$1,050,000

Genres

Comedy, Romance