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My American Wife (1936)

NR | Aug 06, 1936 (US) | Comedy | 01:05

A Count with American ideas...tries to trade his monocle for a lariat!

Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian fighter Lafe Cantillon (Fred Stone). Lafe's social-climbing sister-in-law (Billie Burke) insists that her daughter Mary wed a titled European, Count Ferdinand (Francis Lederer). Much to Lafe's delight, Mary isn't assimilated into Continental high society; instead, she instructs Count Ferdinand in the virtues of good, old-fashioned American democracy. And, of, course, the Count and Lafe become great chums when the "furriner" proves that he can ride a bucking bronco with the best of 'em.

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Francis Lederer
Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach
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Ann Sothern
Mary Cantillon
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Fred Stone
Lafe Cantillon
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Billie Burke
Mrs. Robert Cantillon
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Grant Mitchell
Robert Cantillon
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Hal K. Dawson
Stephen Cantillon
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Helene Millard
Mrs. Vincent Cantillon
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Adrian Morris
Vincent Cantillon
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Dora Clement
Agnes, Mrs. Stephen Cantillon