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Dream Wife

A business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the

Director

Sidney Sheldon

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

Clemson Reade

Effie

Walter McBride

Tarji

Khan of Bukistan

Vizier

Ken Landwell

Ali

Donald Randolph

Charlie Elkwood

Henry Malvine

Richard Anderson

Mr. Brown

Rima

Mrs. Jean Landwell

Mrs. May Elkwood

George

Louis

Marine

Pat

Patricia Tiernan

Reporter

Party Guest

Sailor

Mrs. Parker

Small Boy's Mother

Ms. Temple

Reporter

Wedding Guest

Mr. Portman

Steve Carruthers

Customs Official

Doorman

Consulate Officer

Bellhop

Woman at Airport

Bukistani

Party Guest

Man at Airport

Office Worker

Restaurant Patron

Man in Hotel Lobby

Franklyn Farnum

Mr. Beckston

Party Guest

Party Guest

Party Guest

Chambermaid

Kathleen Freeman

Party Guest

Uncle Clarence

Secretary

Bukistani

Night Elevator Operator

Reporter

Man in Hotel Lobby

Secretary

Bukistani

Bukistani

Reporter

Reporter

Dorothy Kennedy

Bukistani Priest

Consulate Party Guest

Louise Malvine

Cabbie

Khan's Guard

Headwaiter

Alphonse Martell

Bukistani

Merrill McCormick

Secretary

Beryl McCutcheon

Attlow

Small Boy at Airport

Annie

Virginia Mullen

Man at Airport

Party Guest

George Nardelli

Elevator Boy

Tarji

Loulie Jean Norman

Counterman

Allen O'Locklin

Wedding Guest

Wedding Guest

Foster H. Phinney

Reporter

Entourage Member

Servant

Party Guest

Delivery Man

McBride's Assistant

Sir Cecil

Gordon Richards

Woman

Wedding Guest

Reporter

Evelyn

Bellhop

Mr. Whitley

Elevator Passenger

Truck Driver

Charles Sullivan

Old Man

Man at Airport

Servant

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Clemson Reade Effie Walter Mcbride Mr. Brown Tarji

The Khan of Bukistan is pleased that you have taken
a fancy to his daughter Tarji. - Dream Wife

The Khan of Bukistan is pleased that you have taken a fancy ...

In Bukistan we are old fashioned - Dream Wife

In Bukistan we are old fashioned

Our women have been taught from birth the perfect art - Dream Wife

Our women have been taught from birth the perfect art

She's asking you for a remembrance.
She admires your tie. - Dream Wife

She's asking you for a remembrance. She admires your ti...

Your name, please.
Clemson Reade. - Dream Wife

Your name, please. Clemson Reade.

Hello, it's nice to see you again, Mr. Reade. - Dream Wife

Hello, it's nice to see you again, Mr. Reade.

Hm well you can trust Mr You know who but you've got to be careful of the other one - Dream Wife

Hm well you can trust Mr You know who but you've got to...

This just arrived.
Oh, thank goodness, Annie. - Dream Wife

This just arrived. Oh, thank goodness, Annie.

Well, here we go. - Dream Wife

Well, here we go.

Fix me a drink will you darling Champagne coming up - Dream Wife

Fix me a drink will you darling Champagne coming up

Well, here we are, dear. - Dream Wife

Well, here we are, dear.

Hello, Annie.
Good evening, Miss Effington. - Dream Wife

Hello, Annie. Good evening, Miss Effington.

I am afraid that we'll have to postpone the wedding till after the oil deal is signed - Dream Wife

I am afraid that we'll have to postpone the wedding...

Thank heavens I'm a woman A man couldn't take it - Dream Wife

Thank heavens I'm a woman A man couldn't take it

Here is Bukistan - Dream Wife

Here is Bukistan

Oh so that's it - Dream Wife

Oh so that's it

And I'm in charge Clem whether you like it or not I am in charge - Dream Wife

And I'm in charge Clem whether you like it or not I am...

We haven't been able to make a definite plan since we met - Dream Wife

We haven't been able to make a definite plan since we...

I don't use butter - Dream Wife

I don't use butter

I'm in love with you not the State Department - Dream Wife

I'm in love with you not the State Department

Now if a woman can run a home and still find time to have a career that's fine - Dream Wife

Now if a woman can run a home and still find time to have a...

I didn't mean that - Dream Wife

I didn't mean that

Hello gentlemen Hello again - Dream Wife

Hello gentlemen Hello again

Oh I wish you'd understand - Dream Wife

Oh I wish you'd understand

Jean and I haven't had a quarrel in 10 years - Dream Wife

Jean and I haven't had a quarrel in 10 years

I make it a practice to take May little presents every now and then - Dream Wife

I make it a practice to take May little presents every now...

There isn't one of you can look me straight in the eye and tell me you're happily married - Dream Wife

There isn't one of you can look me straight in the eye...

Suppose there were a girl like that - Dream Wife

Suppose there were a girl like that

Miss Temple. Take a cable. - Dream Wife

Miss Temple. Take a cable.

This cable reads like a proposal of marriage to the princess - Dream Wife

This cable reads like a proposal of marriage to the princess

You hardly know the girl - Dream Wife

You hardly know the girl

Well you don't know what you'll be letting yourself in for - Dream Wife

Well you don't know what you'll be letting...

All this deal needs is one little match to blow it sky high - Dream Wife

All this deal needs is one little match to blow it sky high

Nothing must go wrong - Dream Wife

Nothing must go wrong

Look Mommy, look at the funny man. - Dream Wife

Look Mommy, look at the funny man.

What are you doing here?
I work here. - Dream Wife

What are you doing here? I work here.

Tarji!
Darling! - Dream Wife

Tarji! Darling!

That's very nice. I couldn't have said it
better myself. - Dream Wife

That's very nice. I couldn't have said it better m...

What's she saying?
Well, she said something about a hot dog. - Dream Wife

What's she saying? Well, she said something about a hot...

What they're trying to tell you is - Dream Wife

What they're trying to tell you is

Good evening, Mr. Reade.
I just want you to know... - Dream Wife

Good evening, Mr. Reade. I just want you to know...

Until the wedding you can't embrace her or kiss her or anything - Dream Wife

Until the wedding you can't embrace her or kiss her or...

While I searched the book of love... - Dream Wife

While I searched the book of love...

Happy is he who holds in his house a love... - Dream Wife

Happy is he who holds in his house a love...

A love more lovely than the moon... - Dream Wife

A love more lovely than the moon...

I don't think I'll need you for the moment - Dream Wife

I don't think I'll need you for the moment

May I drop you at your house? - Dream Wife

May I drop you at your house?

I've been waiting to talk with you - Dream Wife

I've been waiting to talk with you

Badabani.
Katan, katan! - Dream Wife

Badabani. Katan, katan!

The State Department has enough troubles without worrying about your love life - Dream Wife

The State Department has enough troubles without worrying...

Did you explain the facts of life to him - Dream Wife

Did you explain the facts of life to him

Good evening, Tarji. - Dream Wife

Good evening, Tarji.

What did she say? - Dream Wife

What did she say?

Clem I'd love to but we need oil - Dream Wife

Clem I'd love to but we need oil

Well, good night. - Dream Wife

Well, good night.

You're becoming quite a problem - Dream Wife

You're becoming quite a problem

Here put my gloves in your pocket But darling I'm already carrying your compact - Dream Wife

Here put my gloves in your pocket But darling I'm...

That means dinner is served. - Dream Wife

That means dinner is served.

I'm sorry. This table is for the men. - Dream Wife

I'm sorry. This table is for the men.

Clem how did you train her to light your cigarette - Dream Wife

Clem how did you train her to light your cigarette

Angry Yes he not do like me anymore - Dream Wife

Angry Yes he not do like me anymore

Clara Barton started American Red Cross.
Yes... Now what has that to do with any... - Dream Wife

Clara Barton started American Red Cross. Yes... Now what has...

It's been quite an evening. - Dream Wife

It's been quite an evening.

Oh, my goodness. She's high as a kite. - Dream Wife

Oh, my goodness. She's high as a kite.

Oh don't you understand Clem She's like a kid with a new television set - Dream Wife

Oh don't you understand Clem She's like a kid with...

If every woman told the man she's going to marry what she really thinks this would be a nation of old maids - Dream Wife

If every woman told the man she's going to marry what...

What about my hats - Dream Wife

What about my hats

No earthquake.
Hm... forget I did it. - Dream Wife

No earthquake. Hm... forget I did it.

Mr. MacBride has asked me to give you this.
It's just arrived. - Dream Wife

Mr. MacBride has asked me to give you this. It's just a...

Evelyn, get out Givney's report for me
and have Ben call me on Monday. - Dream Wife

Evelyn, get out Givney's report for me and have Ben cal...

Did you feel s shaking? - Dream Wife

Did you feel s shaking?

I learned new thing today That's fine Tell Clem - Dream Wife

I learned new thing today That's fine Tell Clem

Really George my friend Very fresh - Dream Wife

Really George my friend Very fresh

Now wait a minute Nobody is taking no one nowhere - Dream Wife

Now wait a minute Nobody is taking no one nowhere

Oh, big fight! - Dream Wife

Oh, look out! - Dream Wife

What Where are you going Wait - Dream Wife

What Where are you going Wait

Your country is foolish to allow women to meddle in government - Dream Wife

Your country is foolish to allow women to meddle in...

It's a disgrace In the rest of the world women know their place - Dream Wife

It's a disgrace In the rest of the world women know...

One sees with the heart not the eyes - Dream Wife

One sees with the heart not the eyes

Araq! - Dream Wife

The night is filled with muted sounds - Dream Wife

The night is filled with muted sounds

Oh, I see... - Dream Wife

What's that?
Araq. - Dream Wife

What's that? Araq.

Forgive me for leaving you, but duty calls. - Dream Wife

Forgive me for leaving you, but duty calls.

Don't you think it's time to go to bed The night is filled with muted sounds - Dream Wife

Don't you think it's time to go to bed The night...

What can you expect from a woman - Dream Wife

What can you expect from a woman

Father, welcome to America. - Dream Wife

Father, welcome to America.

Here we go. I know how anxious you must be. - Dream Wife

Here we go. I know how anxious you must be.

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A business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the

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Director: Sidney Sheldon

Writer: Sidney Sheldon, Herbert Baker, Alfred Lewis Levitt

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 1953

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 19 Jun 1953

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

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