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title: 'How to Murder Your Wife (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Quine'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/how-to-murder-your-wife-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058212/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# How to Murder Your Wife (1965)

1965 · 118 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

How to Murder Your Wife is a 1965 American black comedy film from United Artists, produced by George Axelrod, directed by Richard Quine, that stars Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisi. Quine also directed Lemmon in My Sister Eileen, It Happened to Jane, Operation Mad Ball, The Notorious Landlady and Bell, Book and Candle. The film was co-produced by Lemmon's company, Jalem Productions, and Axelrod's company Charleston Enterprises, through a one-shot holding company, Murder, Inc.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Quine](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-quine)
- **Screenplay:** [George Axelrod](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-axelrod)
- **Producer:** [George Axelrod](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-axelrod), [executive producer](https://cinepixo.com/people/executive-producer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Neal Hefti](https://cinepixo.com/people/neal-hefti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)

## Cast

- [Terry-Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-thomas)
- [Jack Lemmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lemmon)
- [Barry Kelley](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-kelley)
- [Edward Faulkner](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-faulkner)
- [Max Showalter](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-showalter)
- [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie)
- [Virna Lisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/virna-lisi)
- [Claire Trevor](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-trevor)
- [Mary Wickes](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-wickes)
- [Howard Wendell](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-wendell)
- [William Tannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tannen)
- [Jack Albertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-albertson)
- [Sidney Blackmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-blackmer)
- [Alan Hewitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hewitt)

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