Where to Watch The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) Online

Want to watch 'The Wife Takes a Flyer' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Richard Wallace-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Wife Takes a Flyer' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The Wife Takes a Flyer' right now, here are some finer points about the Columbia Pictures war flick.

Released April 28th, 1942, 'The Wife Takes a Flyer' stars Joan Bennett, Franchot Tone, Allyn Joslyn, Cecil Cunningham The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 26 min, and received a user score of 45 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 4 experienced users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "Christopher Reynolds an American flying with the RAF is shot down over Germanoccupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house Anita Wolverman Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there Major Zellfritz with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted After the courthearing Anita goes to manage a home for retired ladies and persuaded by Reynolds tries to gain military information from the German Officer When her former husband escapes from the insaneasylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds With the help of the old ladies and Anita who remarries him Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane" .