Dream Wife

Name: Dream Wife
Director: Sidney Sheldon
Released: 1953
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John, Eduard Franz

1953 · 100 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 2,271 VOTES · DIR. Sidney Sheldon

Overview

Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough pleasure on the part of Effie. When Clemson meets Tarji, a princess trained in all the arts of pleasing men, he decides he wants an old fashioned girl. Princess Tarji's father is king of oil-rich Bukistan. Because of the oil situation and to maintain good political relations during the courtship between Clemson & Tarji, the State Department assigns a diplomat to maintain protocol until the wedding - Effie!

Dialogue Timeline — 1,365 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 Subtitles: Luís Filipe Bernardes

00:07:49 Under the "R"s. Thank you.

00:11:54 It's just the oil crisis, dear. There are so many plans to discuss.

00:16:45 Bermuda, Honolulu, the farm in Vermont, or shall we just throw the key away?

00:19:36 Pass the salt, please.

00:22:41 I'd like to see the look on his face when he found out he'd lost it.

00:25:38 Suppose there were a girl like that.

00:28:58 No... May I make a suggestion?

00:31:47 For what? Forpeit. Another custom. Bad manners to deal in business till after the wedding.

00:36:21 Reade wants to handle everything. Let him arrange it. Come on.

00:39:37 that I have my entire staff alerted for anything, anything at all.

00:43:51 happy is he who holds in his house a love...

00:47:14 If they want to separate their boys and girls, then I say separate them.

00:51:47 but there are a few things you've got to learn about men.

00:56:27 but I'm sure the State Department won't object if I retire early.

01:00:36 This pertains to Raffidat. Yeah, well, Raffidat.

01:04:07 Together. Ughh.

01:10:25 I don't like the idea of her roaming around the streets all by herself.

01:13:10 What else? What else what?

01:16:56 Who is he? Louis.

01:20:24 Why are you here? I am from the State Department.

01:24:20 Araq? It's a wine made from rice.

01:27:58 Bedtime story.

01:31:06 No, I tell you, I won't go through with this. It never fails, they all go the same way.

Cast & Characters

Cary Grant Clemson Reade Deborah Kerr Priscilla 'Effie' Effington Walter Pidgeon Walter McBride Betta St. John Tarji Eduard Franz Khan of Bukistan Buddy Baer Vizier Les Tremayne Ken Landwell Donald Randolph Ali Bruce Bennett Charlie Elkwood Richard Anderson Henry Malvine

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,365

Dialogue density13.7 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line01:31:06

Production Record

DirectorSidney Sheldon

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,271