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17 May 1940 (USA) morePlot:
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life. | add synopsisUser Comments:
Hysterical Role Reversal Comedy moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Adolphe Menjou | ... | Phil Manning |
 | Carole Landis | ... | Sally Willows |
| John Hubbard | ... | Tim Willows |
| William Gargan | ... | Joel Clare |
| Verree Teasdale | ... | Laura Bannister |
| Mary Astor | ... | Marion Manning |
| Donald Meek | ... | Henry - the Valet |
| Joyce Compton | ... | Irene Clare |
| Inez Courtney | ... | Miss Edwards |
| Franklin Pangborn | ... | Mr. Alan Pingboom |
| Marjorie Main | ... | Nora - the Cook |
| Berton Churchill | ... | Julian Marlowe |
| Margaret Roach | ... | Dixie Gale |
| Ray Turner | ... | Mose |
| Norman Budd | ... | Jimmy |
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83 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Fun Stuff
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Elsa Peterson, John Davidson and Marshall Ruth are in studio records/casting call lists, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. moreQuotes:
Henry: I'm very, very nervous about the whole thing. She wants to climb that flagpole and put up this aerial.Marie: And she wants us to help?
Henry: Yes, and I really think she ought to have a net under her.
Nora: She ought to have a net *over* her if you ask me.
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Hal Roach was a master in finding the humor in unusual situations and Turnabout is no exception. The always wry & dour Menjou has never been wittier. Landis is marvellous as the chauvinist turned pregnant wife. Everyone in the cast has a marvellous time, and so do we.