Her Husband Lies (1937)
HE COULDN'T PLAY STRAIGHT WITH A WOMAN!
J. Ward Thomas of Park Avenue leads a double life as an investment broker and as notorious gambler Spade Martin, despite the protests of his beautiful wife Natalie, a nightclub singer who retired when they married. Spade's younger brother "Chick" wires Spade from Seattle that he has quit gambling for a job in real estate and is about to marry a nice girl named Betty. Relieved to find his kid brother is straight, Spade sends him $10,000 cash as a wedding present. When a woman posing as a pregnant wife comes to Spade for a loan, Spade gives it to her. Later, when Steve Burdick, the woman's supposed husband, brags in a bar that he made a fool of Spade, Spade's hit man, Trigger, kills Burdick. Tired of Spade's gambling, Natalie books a return engagement at Cafe Nocturne, telling him that she is a singer rather than a wife now.
- Date of release
- 1937-03-13
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Edward Ludwig
Casting
- Gail Patrick — Natalie Martin
- Ricardo Cortez — J. Ward Thomas
- Akim Tamiroff — Big Ed Bullock
- Louis Calhern — Joe Sorrell
- Tom Brown — Chick Thomas
- June Martel — Betty Thomas
- Dorothy Peterson — Dorothy Powell
- Ralf Harolde — Steve Burdick
- Adrian Morris — Carwig
- Ray Walker — Maxie
- Jack La Rue — 'Trigger'
- Bradley Page — 'Pug'
Interesting facts
Her Husband Lies is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Wallace Smith and Eve Greene. The film stars Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown, Louis Calhern and June Martel. The film was released on March 13, 1937, by Paramount Pictures.
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