How to Murder Your Wife
Directed by Richard Quine
Stanley Ford is a successful cartoonist and happily single. That is, until he gets drunk at a friend's bachelor party and impulsively proposes to the beautiful woman who pops out of the cake. Once sober, he regrets the decision, but she won't agree to a divorce. Stanley jokingly vents his frustrations in his comic strip by having the main character kill his wife. But when his actual wife goes missing and Stanley is arrested for her murder, he has a change of heart.
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Top cast
Jack Lemmon
Stanley Ford
Virna Lisi
Mrs. Ford
Terry-Thomas
Charles
Eddie Mayehoff
Harold Lampson
Claire Trevor
Edna
Sidney Blackmer
Judge Blackstone
Max Showalter
Tobey Rawlins
Jack Albertson
Dr. Bentley
Mary Wickes
Harold's Secretary
Alan Hewitt
District Attorney
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As of November 4, 2026, How to Murder Your Wife is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, YouTube Free, Tubi TV, and Hoopla in United States. Use the country selector above to check availability in other regions — streaming rights are licensed per country, so catalogues differ.
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