Dear Wife

Dear Wife is a 1949 comedy film starring Joan Caulfield and William Holden. It is the sequel to Dear Ruth, which was based on the Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna.

Miriam Wilkins is a teenage girl going doortodoor, trying to get Bill Seacroft, her brotherinlaw, elected to the state senate. However, Bill has no idea that Miriam is doing this, and he has no wish to become a senator. He is a middleaged war veteran who works at a bank. He feels like a loser and is frustrated by having to live with his wife Ruths family. Bill wants to be more independent and stand on his own two feet.Ruths father, the Honorable Judge Harry Wilkins, has already nominated to run for state senator. The whole Wilkins family goes into shock when they learn that Bill is the candidate who will run against him in the election. Harry comes to terms with the situation, believing that his chance of winning is considerable. However, Harry is very upset about his daughter Miriams disloyalty, when she publishes an article in the local newspaper in which he is described as a political fathead. ........

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