Bluebeard's Eighth Wife was the first of two collaborations between director Ernst Lubitsch and then up-and-coming screenwriter Billy Wilder. The film, all style and surface, is more Lubistch than Wilder, but the script co-written by Wilder and Charles Brackett (a tandem that would create, among others, The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard) lends itself perfectly to the famous 'Lubistch touch' — the German…
He married in haste and repeated with pleasure!
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
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Claudette Colbert
Nicole De Loiselle
Gary Cooper
Michael Brandon
Edward Everett Horton
Marquis De Loiselle
David Niven
Albert De Regnier
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Hedwige
Herman Bing
Monsieur Pepinard
Warren Hymer
Kid Mulligan
Franklin Pangborn
Assistant Hotel Manager
Armand Cortes
Assistant Hotel Manager
Rolfe Sedan
Floorwalker
Lawrence Grant
Professor Urganzeff
Lionel Pape
Monsieur Potin
Tyler Brooke
Clerk
Leon Ames
Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Waiter Arranging Furniture (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
American Tourist (uncredited)
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What is Bluebeard's Eighth Wife about?
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
When was Bluebeard's Eighth Wife released?
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife was released in 1938.
What genres does Bluebeard's Eighth Wife belong to?
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is categorised as Comedy, Romance.
Who stars in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife?
The cast of Bluebeard's Eighth Wife includes Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Elizabeth Patterson.