Blonde Fever (1944)

Director
Richard Whorf

Main cast
Philip Dorn; Mary Astor; Felix Bressart; Gloria Grahame; Marshall Thompson

Genres
Comedy, Drama

Description
A woman fights to save her husband from a sluttish waitress.


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