I Married a Witch

"No man can resist her!"

1942 1h 17m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 232

RomanceFantasyComedy

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A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.

“No man can resist her!”

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Cast

Fredric March
Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley
Veronica Lake
Jennifer
Robert Benchley
Dr. Dudley White
Susan Hayward
Estelle Masterson
Cecil Kellaway
Daniel
Elizabeth Patterson
Margaret
Robert Warwick
J. B. Masterson
Georgia Backus
Older Woman (uncredited)

Credits

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Director: René Clair
Writers: Robert Pirosh, Marc Connelly, Thorne Smith
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by René Clair, shot by Ted Tetzlaff. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Roy Webb. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Eda Warren shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Fredric March and Veronica Lake and Robert Benchley carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "No man can resist her!".

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IMDB entry: tt0034881 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

René Clair directs. Ted Tetzlaff behind the camera. Roy Webb scores. Eda Warren cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
284 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by René Clair, shot by Ted Tetzlaff. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Roy Webb. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Eda Warren shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Fredric March and Veronica Lake and Robert Benchley carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "No man can resist her!".
8IMDB entry: tt0034881 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "flying car", "witch burning", "supernatural", "halloween".
10Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ted Tetzlaff
Original score: Roy Webb
Editing: Eda Warren
Costume design: Edith Head
Makeup / hair: Wally Westmore
Runtime: 77 min · 1h 17m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: I Married a Witch (1942)

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CinemaSerf2026-02-22
★ 7/10
“We both saw our cows turn pink, then blue; our sheep dance a minuet”. That’s the kind of gossip that can get folks into trouble. Indeed, for “Daniel” (Cecil Kellaway) and daughter “Jennifer” (Veronica Lake) they find their eighteenth century neighbours especially unkind as they are burned for sorcery and witchcraft. Thereafter, their ashes are used for fertiliser under an oak tree that’s roots will keep their spirits trapped from causing any murther mischief. Well scoot on a few centuries and a lucky lightning strikes releases our two captives - and they are bent on revenge on the progeny of those who set them alight. Luckily, that family hadn’t moved very far from the site and they find an easy target in “Wallace” (Fredric March). He’s about to run for the job of Governor and be married to “Estelle” (Susan Hayward) so what better opportunity for them to wreak havoc? Die by fire, live by fire is their mantra and so dad starts a conflagration in the Pilgrim’s Hotel that allows “Jennifer” to take corporeal form and so set in motion her plans to ruin their quarry. Of course, it turns out that he isn’t such a bad egg after all and she takes a bit of a shine to him. Her father is having none of this romantic nonsense and so also takes human form to ensure she toes the line. Will true love win through? Though well down the billing, it’s Kellaway that steals this with his malevolent spiritual narration and then his mischievous spell casting as he refuses to allow any form of happiness to visit the family that cooked them generations ago. Lake is also confident and engaging and I also thought Robert Benchley did quite well here too as his incredulous “Dudley” character watches his friend “Wallace” slip into what would appear to be a world of dysfunctional and mystic hallucination. There’s some fun from the writing and if you’re a fan of things a-happening in Salem’s Lot then this light-hearted comedy ought to raise a smile.

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