---
title: 'I Take This Woman (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Josef von Sternberg'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-take-this-woman-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031466/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# I Take This Woman (1940)

1940 · 98 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

I Take This Woman is a 1940 American drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. Based on the short story "A New York Cinderella" by Charles MacArthur, the film is about a young woman who attempted suicide in reaction to a failed love affair. The doctor who marries her attempts to get her to love him by abandoning his clinic services to the poor to become a physician to the rich so he can pay for her expensive lifestyle.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Josef von Sternberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-von-sternberg), [Frank Borzage](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-borzage), [W. S. Van Dyke](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-s-van-dyke)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Charles MacArthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-macarthur), [James Kevin McGuinness](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-kevin-mcguinness)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Artur Guttmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-guttmann)
- **Producer:** [Louis B. Mayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-b-mayer), [Bernard H. Hyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-h-hyman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)
- **Editor:** [George Boemler](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-boemler)

## Cast

- [Jack Carson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-carson)
- [Mona Barrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/mona-barrie)
- [Marjorie Main](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-main)
- [Paul Cavanagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-cavanagh)
- [George E. Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-e-stone)
- [Ina Claire](https://cinepixo.com/people/ina-claire)
- [Walter Pidgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-pidgeon)
- [Laraine Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/laraine-day)
- [Reed Hadley](https://cinepixo.com/people/reed-hadley)
- [Spencer Tracy](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-tracy)
- [Kent Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/kent-taylor)
- [Hedy Lamarr](https://cinepixo.com/people/hedy-lamarr)
- [Verree Teasdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/verree-teasdale)
- [Frances Drake](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-drake)
- [Willie Best](https://cinepixo.com/people/willie-best)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-take-this-woman-1940
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