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Tight 29-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
"The stars shine bright in every marriage."
1985 0h 29m EN
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7.5
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★7.5TMDB · 2
Synopsis
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Period drama. A woman living in Dublin in the late 1930's relieves her humdrum existence with fantasies that her newly-moustachioed husband is her screen idol, Clark Gable.
“The stars shine bright in every marriage.”
Cast
Bob Hoskins
George
Brenda Fricker
Mary
Peter Caffrey
Jimmy
Eamon Kelly
Priest
Maeve Germaine
Young Woman in Kiosk
Jill Doyle
Young Woman in Factory
Helen Roche
Waitress
Anto Nolan
Jimmy's Friend
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Thaddeus O'Sullivan
- Languages
- English
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Thaddeus O'Sullivan directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 29-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 241 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Bob Hoskins and Brenda Fricker and Peter Caffrey carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "The stars shine bright in every marriage.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0132630 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 29 min · 0h 29m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- 15
Also by
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Production companies
Who made it
- BR
Brook Films
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1985-08-2815
Also known as
International titles
- Die Frau, die Clark Gable liebteDE
