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TMDb Rating
5.3/10

26 verified votes

Dream Wife (1953)

ComedyRomance
100 min

"It's a RIOT how Cary carries on!"

Plot Summary

Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough pleasure on the part of Effie. When Clemson meets Tarji, a princess trained in all the arts of pleasing men, he decides he wants an old fashioned girl. Princess Tarji's father is king of oil-rich Bukistan. Because of the oil situation and to maintain good political relations during the courtship between Clemson & Tarji, the State Department assigns a diplomat to maintain protocol until the wedding - Effie!

Director

Sidney Sheldon

Top Cast

Cary GrantDeborah KerrWalter PidgeonBetta St. JohnEduard Franz

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