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The Hired Husband

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The Hired Husband
Directed byGonzalo Delgrás
Written by
Starring
CinematographyWilly Goldberger
Edited byMargarita de Ochoa
Production
company
Distributed byCIFESA
Release date
  • 4 April 1942 (1942-04-04)
Running time
104 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Hired Husband (Spanish: Un marido a precio fijo) is a 1942 Spanish comedy film directed by Gonzalo Delgrás and starring Rafael Durán and Lina Yegros. Its plot also has elements of melodrama.[1]

Plot

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The protagonist, Estrella, is the goddaughter of the opulent king of synthetic shoe polish. In order to create marketing, Estrellita motivates the interest of the radio and newspapers. The millionaire leaves her boyfriend standing up in the middle of an argument, he is a bored-looking man in his forties, and she leaves him to travel to different countries in Europe. In a hotel she meets Eric whom she is to marry in twenty days. He leaves her and back home she proposes to a train robber to supplant her husband.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Labanyi & Pavlović p.235

Bibliography

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  • Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
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