Bluebeard's 8th Wife
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
Critics Sentiment
Michael slaps Nicole who slaps him back unexpectedly
Michael has nervous breakdown and ends up in asylum
The film peaks with the beloved Shakespeare-inspired slapping scene but drops significantly when Michael has his breakdown and asylum commitment.
Critics found Bluebeard's 8th Wife to be a charming if uneven Lubitsch comedy, praising the witty Brackett-Wilder script and several standout comedic moments while noting it doesn't quite reach the director's usual heights. The film starts strong with the famous pajama store meet-cute and builds through clever marital battle sequences, but loses some momentum in the final act's asylum subplot before recovering with a satisfying romantic conclusion.
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Claudette Colbert
Nicole De Loiselle
Gary Cooper
Michael Brandon
Edward Everett Horton
Marquis De Loiselle
David Niven
Albert De Regnier
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Hedwige
Herman Bing
Monsieur Pepinard
Warren Hymer
Kid Mulligan
Franklin Pangborn
Assistant Hotel Manager
Armand Cortes
Assistant Hotel Manager
Rolfe Sedan
Floorwalker
Lawrence Grant
Professor Urganzeff
Lionel Pape
Monsieur Potin
Tyler Brooke
Clerk
Leon Ames
Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Waiter Arranging Furniture (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
American Tourist (uncredited)
George Davis
Maurice - Second Porter (uncredited)
Mariska Aldrich
Nurse at Door (uncredited)
Lenore Aubert
Party Guest (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Waiter on the Stairs (uncredited)
Crew
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