Mr. & Mrs. Smith
January 1st, 1941 by admin
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| Taglines: | 1: It’s Daring! It’s Delightful–And as Spicy as It’s Speedy! 2: Love and Laugh with the flirting Mr. and the flitting Mrs. who ran their marriage by rules–until a rule that wasn’t in the book almost ran their marriage on the rocks…Red Book Magazine says it’s the most explosive and hilarious comedy of 1941–and you won’t argue! 3: Riotously directed by Alfred Hitchcock who now lends to laughter that touch of genius which was so evident in his “Rebecca” and “Foreign Correspondent” 4: The All-Time Prize Panic of the Scree |
| Plot Summary: | Sophisticated New York couple David and Annie Smith have an unusual marriage with an inordinate number of rules and regulations. One rule entitles them to ask each other one question per month which the other must answer completely honestly. Annie asks David if he would marry her again if he could have the time over again and David confides that he misses his freedom and so probably wouldn’t. Later that day, an official from the town where they got married calls to see David. He explains that owing to a state boundary dispute, all couples married between 1936 and 1939 in the county were not legally married. David decides to have fun with this fact, but unbeknown to him, the county official calls to see Annie too and disaster results. |
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