Too Many Husbands is a 1938 British comedy film directed and written by Ivar Campbell and starring Jack Melford, Geoffrey Sumner and Brian Oulton. It was shot at Isleworth Studios in London as a quota quickie. Preservation status The British Film Institute National Archive holds no stills or ephemera, and no film or video materials. Synopsis On the French Riviera, a man who has faked his own death in order to avoid his creditors is paid back by his wife who now pretends to be married to his valet.
Cast Jack Melford as Stephen Brinkway Iris Baker as Clare Brinkway Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Corrie Philip Leaver as François David Baxter as Le Fletange Brian Oulton as Pottleby Suzanne Lyle as Ruth
Reception The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Jack Melford's difficult task of conveying the double-sidedness of an unscrupulous husband with a proclivity towards women requires a more persuasive interpretation. The straightforward sketch of George Sumner's as a certain Captain Corrie is typically good, but the premiss of Clare Brinkway's attraction is inadequately developed."
Kine Weekly wrote: "The story has a diverting ingenuity, and this, together with spirited team-work, compensates in adequate measure for somewhat limited technical presentation. Taken all round, the film is pleasant light entertainment. ... Jack Melford is in good form as Stephen; the part fits his personality and talent, and Tris Baker acts with spirit and intelligence as Clare."
Picture Show wrote: "Competently acted and directed comedy ... In the end there are few people in the story who haven't posed as somebody else, while the swindler's wife has collected a handful of other 'husbands.' Fairly entertaining."
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