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I Want a Divorce
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Directed by	Ralph Murphy
Produced by	George M. Arthur
Written by	Frank Butler
Starring	Joan Blondell Dick Powell
Music by	Victor Young
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Editing by	LeRoy Stone
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	September 20, 1940
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

I Want a Divorce is a 1940 Paramount comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy. The story is written by Frank Butler and stars the married Joan Blondell and Dick Powell.

Plot

Alan and Geraldine MacNally are a married couple who are doubting if they did the right thing by marrying each other. Meanwhile, David and Wanda Holland are in the final stages of their divorce. It so happens Alan is the attorney who arranges their divorce. This makes him and Geraldine fall even further apart. Everything changes when Wanda commites suicide after she loses the custody of her son. The McNally's start thinking what really is important to them.

Cast

• Joan Blondell – Geraldine 'Jerru' Brokaw
• Dick Powell – Alan MacNally
• Gloria Dickson – Wanda Holland
• Frank Fay – Jeff Gilman
• Jessie Ralph – Grandma Brokaw
• Harry Davenport – Grandpa Brokaw
• Conrad Nagel – David Holland, Sr.
• Dorothy Burgess – Peppy Gilman
• Sidney Blackmer – Erskine Brandon
• Louise Beavers – Celestine

External links

• I Want a Divorce at the Internet Movie Database

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