So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952)

11/08/1952 (US) • 10m

Comedy

Overview

It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.

Top Billed Cast

George O'Hanlon

Corporal Joe McDoakes

Phyllis Coates

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Fritz Feld

Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Del Moore

Joe's Office Co-Worker (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Mr. Batten (uncredited)

Richard Reeves

Army Sergeant (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Bessie Backspace (uncredited)

James Seay

Milkman (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

McDoakes' Lawyer (uncredited)


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Part of the So You Want... Collection

Includes So You Want to Be a Detective, So You Want to Be Pretty, So You Want to Hold Your Wife

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

husband wife relationship

role reversal

psychiatrist

psychiatry

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