How to Murder Your Wife

How to Murder Your Wife (1965) is an American comedy directed by Richard Quine that you can watch online on iFILM. Jack Lemmon stars as Stanley Ford — cartoonist, confirmed bachelor, and a man who has organized every hour of his life to avoid exactly this kind of trouble.

One morning after a rowdy stag party he wakes up married to a stunning Italian woman who doesn't speak a word of English. Virna Lisi plays the wife, radiant and completely unmoved by Stanley's bachelor routines. His long-suffering valet Charles — played by Terry-Thomas with maximum alarm — watches the household collapse in real time. Stanley's solution: act out his next comic strip plot, in which the hero kills his wife, and publish it. The police take a closer look.

Screenplay by George Axelrod, shot on location in New York. The comic timing between Lemmon and Lisi carries the film from setup to punchline without a dead scene. Stream How to Murder Your Wife (1965) online on iFILM.