How to Murder Your Wife with Jack Lemmon: DVD Cover

    How to Murder Your Wife Director: Richard Quine Cast: Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas, Eddie Mayehoff

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/15/2002
    • Original Release: 1965
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 3,708

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    Closed Caption; Original theatrical trailer ; English: Mono; French: Mono ; Spanish: Mono; English, French & Spanish languages subtitles

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Main Title/Mr. Ford [:13]
    2. The Navel Caper [7:59]
    3. Guy Talk/Happy Days [6:54]
    4. "Married!" [10:07]
    5. "No Divorce!" [9:57]
    6. "Bye"/"Sorry" [9:40]
    7. Late Nights/Lights! [7:08]
    8. Soup's On! [7:15]
    9. No Safe Haven [8:19]
    10. "Murder!" [5:47]
    11. Gone [14:32]
    12. A Tough Case [6:55]
    13. Self-Defense [6:39]
    14. "Not Guilty" [10:08]
    15. Mamma Mia! [3:52]
    16. End Credits [2:44]

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    George Axelrod's script for How to Murder Your Wife isn't politically correct in the least, but you're likely to get a charge out of it -- provided you are of the male persuasion, that is. Jack Lemmon stars as Stanley Ford, a successful cartoonist and a confirmed bachelor who shares a lavish apartment with his misogynistic manservant, Charles (Terry-Thomas). While attending a friend's bachelor party, Stanley falls head over heels in love with the gorgeous bikini-clad girl (Virna Lisi) who pops out of a cake. He impulsively marries her, but thinks better of it the next day. Alas, Stanleycan't get a divorce because his bride is an Italian Catholic (this is 1966). Dicier still, she is a "domestic goddess," lovingly plying her hubby with rich Italian food until Stanley's once-athletic physique is as bloated as the dirigible Hindenberg. Stanley's descent into husbandhood is reflected in his work: his popular adventure comic strip "Bash Brannigan" metamorphoses into a Blondie-like "idiot husband" daily. As a catharsis, Stanley vicariously "kills" his lovely wife by having Bash Brannigan murder his missus. Stanley's wife sees the finished strip on his desk and runs tearfully out of his life (at least temporarily). The publication of the strip, coupled with his wife's disappearance, results in Lemmon being put on trial for murder. We won't tell you how things turn out; suffice it to say that most feminists will be outraged, while most husbands will laugh immoderately. Eddie Mayehoff and Claire Trevor provide sparkling support as Lemmon's bombastic editor and his dragon-like wife. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    January 17, 2003: This is the best of the 1960's war-of-the-sexes comedies, far superior to the terminally cute Rock Hudson/Doris Day films, and somewhat darker and funnier than the Cary Grant films of the genre. But... because of the refreshingly unrepentent chauvinist attitude of the film, it is seldom seen in today's politically correct TV world. The courtroom scene is, in my view, one of the funniest in the history of cinema - on par with the ''nobody's perfect'' scene of the classic ''Some Like it Hot'' - another of Lemmon's best. Terry-Thomas is surprisingly funny as Lemmon's man-servant, but the performance of Eddie Mayehoff as the henpecked lawyer is the one to watch. Jack Lemmon was also at his comedic best with a playful performance that forces you to like the man who yearns to be a bachelor once more, even if it means fantasies of killing his wife. Verna Lisi is great eye candy for any decade.