Smith's Wives is a 1935 British

Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Ernie Lotinga

Ernie Lotinga

Ernie Lotinga was a British comedian and film actor. Lotinga became known for the Josser series of comedy film in which he starred during the 1930s.-Selected filmography:...

, Beryl de Querton and Tyrell Davis

Tyrell Davis

-Selected filmography:* His Glorious Night * Let Us Be Gay * Strictly Unconventional * The Magnificent Lie * The Road to Singapore * Temptation's Workshop * Our Betters...

. A farcial situation occurs when a vicar

Vicar

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 and a bookmaker

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 with the same surname are mistaken for each other. It was based on the play Facing the Music by James Darnley. It was Lotinga's only film in which he didn't play his trademark character Jimmy Josser.

Cast

• Ernie Lotinga
  Ernie Lotinga
  Ernie Lotinga was a British comedian and film actor. Lotinga became known for the Josser series of comedy film in which he starred during the 1930s.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - Jimmy Smith
• Beryl de Querton - Norah Smith
• Tyrell Davis
  Tyrell Davis
  -Selected filmography:* His Glorious Night * Let Us Be Gay * Strictly Unconventional * The Magnificent Lie * The Road to Singapore * Temptation's Workshop * Our Betters...
  
   - Dick Desmond
• Richard Ritchie
  Richard Ritchie
  Richard Ritchie is a former American football quarterback who played college football for Texas A&I from 1973 to 1976. During his career, Ritchie had an undefeated record of 39–0...
  
   - Reverend James Smith
• Kay Walsh
  Kay Walsh
  Kay Walsh was an English actress and dancer. She grew up in Pimlico, raised by her grandmother....
  
   - Mabel Smith
• Jean Gillie
  Jean Gillie
  Jean Gillie was an English film actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Gillie appeared in 20 British and two American films before her career was cut short by her early death.-Career:...
  
   - Anne
• Vashti Taylor - Dierdre Fotheringay