The Lady Is Willing

The Lady Is Willing (1942)

GAY, ROMANTIC COMEDY AT IT'S BREEZIEST, MERRIEST BEST!

Romance Comedy

Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.

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  • Release Date: 1942-02-12
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Director: Mitchell Leisen

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Cast

  • Marlene Dietrich

    Elizabeth Madden

  • Fred MacMurray

    Corey McBain

  • Aline MacMahon

    Buddy

  • Stanley Ridges

    Kenneth Hanline

  • Arline Judge

    Frances

  • Roger Clark

    Victor

  • Marietta Canty

    Mary Lou

  • David James

    Baby Corey

  • Ruth Ford

    Myrtle

  • Harvey Stephens

    Dr. Golding

  • Harry Shannon

    Barnes

  • Elisabeth Risdon

    Mrs. Cummings

  • Charles Lane

    K.K. Miller

  • Murray Alper

    Joe Quig

  • Kitty Kelly

    Nellie Quig

  • Eddie Acuff

    Patrolman Murphy (uncredited)

  • Ernie Adams

    Doorman (uncredited)

  • Helen Ainsworth

    Interior Decorator (uncredited)

  • Myrtle Anderson

    Maid (uncredited)

  • Georgia Backus

    Nurse (uncredited)

  • Eugene Borden

    Wine Steward (uncredited)

  • Romaine Callender

    Bald Headed Man (uncredited)

  • Chester Clute

    Income Tax Man (uncredited)

  • Jimmy Conlin

    Bum (uncredited)

  • Lorna Dunn

    Maid (uncredited)

  • Lou Fulton

    Mop Man (uncredited)

  • Eddie Hall

    Man Building a Rabbit Cage (uncredited)

  • Charles Halton

    Dr. Jones (uncredited)

  • Neil Hamilton

    Charlie (uncredited)

  • Sterling Holloway

    Arthur Miggle (uncredited)

  • Robert Emmett Keane

    Hotel Manager (uncredited)

  • Carl M. Leviness

    Theatregoer (uncredited)

  • Judith Linden

    Airline Stewardess (uncredited)

  • Edward McWade

    Boston Doorman (uncredited)

  • Frances Morris

    Nurse (uncredited)

  • William Newell

    Counterman (uncredited)

  • Paul Oman

    Violinist (uncredited)

  • Suzanne Ridgway

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • Ray Walker

    Reporter (uncredited)

  • Katherine Yorke

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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