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Allotment Wives is a 1945 American film noir directed by William Nigh and starring Kay Francis. Its plot is about an army investigator who tries to shut down a scam that preys on soldiers, and unknowingly falls in love with the woman behind it.
Allotment Wives: Directed by William Nigh. With Kay Francis, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael. Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.
Allotment Wives is a 1945 American FILM NOlR directed by William Nigh and starring Kay Francis, Paul Kelly and Otto Kruger. Its plot is about an army investigator who tries to shut down a scam that preys on soldiers, and unknowingly falls in love with the woman behind it.
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Throughout World War II and into peace time, the U.S. government operates the Office of Dependency Benefits, which handles the issuing of allotment checks and family allowances to women with husbands serving in the forces.
Allotment Wives (1945) 11/08/1945 (US) Drama , Crime 1h 20m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? They're Pretty To Look At . . . But POISON To Love! Overview. Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay. Sidney Sutherland. Screenplay, Story. William Nigh. Director. Harvey Gates. Screenplay. Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay.
Allotment Wives is a 1945 American film noir directed by William Nigh and starring Kay Francis. Its plot is about an army investigator who tries to shut down a scam that preys on soldiers, and unknowingly falls in love with the woman behind it. Movie Info. Tags.
Allotment Wives (1945) You might moan when you hear the official voice-over talking about the War Department's benefits program and such. But hang in there. The intro is brief, and it's kind interesting, and it sets up the main movie, which has a great hook: women marrying several absentee G.I. men at once so they can collect multiple benefits.
An army officer is called to investigate the bigamy racket of women who marry soldiers and sailors for their allotment checks. He discovers that the leader is a prominent society woman who uses an upscale salon as a front for the business she conducts.
Former newspaperman Pete Martin, now with military intelligence, goes undercover to investigate women who have been committing fraud by entering into multiple marriages with U.S. military personnel in order to claim their spousal pay allotments.
