I Married a Witch (1942)

October 30, 1942 (US) • Romance, Fantasy, Comedy • 77m

Overview

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.

Director

René Clair

Writers

Marc Connelly, Thorne Smith, Robert Pirosh, Norman Matson

Top Billed

Fredric March

Keywords

flying car witch burning supernatural halloween screwball comedy warlock political candidate family curse father daughter relationship magic spell salem witch comedy

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Top Billed 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)

Charles Bates

Wooley's Son (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Country Club Guest (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Puritan Vendor (uncredited)

Edward Biby

Spectator at Fire (uncredited)

Marie Blake

Purity Sykes (uncredited)

Monte Blue

Doorman (uncredited)

Aldrich Bowker

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Al Bridge

Second Prison Guard (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Harriet Wooley (uncredited)

Ann Carter

Jennifer Wooley (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Party Bartender (uncredited)

Gordon De Main

Man with Masterson on Radio (uncredited)

Emma Dunn

Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

First Prison Guard (uncredited)

Mary Field

Nancy Wooley (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Matron of Honor (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Florence Gill

Woman Playing Chess (uncredited)

Robert Greig

Town Crier (uncredited)

Eily Malyon

Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

Rufus - Samuel's Servant (uncredited)

Viola Moore

Martha (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)

Helen St. Rayner

Singer at Wedding (uncredited)

John Alban

Beverly Andre

Billy Bletcher

Wade Boteler

Eddy Chandler

Georgie Cooper

Gino Corrado

Jack Deery

Frank Elliott

Franklyn Farnum

Jack Gardner

George Guhl

William Haade

Reed Hadley

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Robert Homans

Esther Howard

Extra (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

Donivee Lee

Peter Leeds

Jack Luden

Renny McEvoy

David McKim

James Millican

Frank Mills

Edmund Mortimer

Ralph Peters

Gerald Pierce

Mickey Rentschler

Cyril Ring

Ronald R. Rondell

Loretta Russell

Kathryn Sheldon

Ernest Shields

Lee Shumway

Bert Stevens

Amzie Strickland

Harry Tyler

Dan White

Crew

Edith Head

Costume Design

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

René Clair

Director

Marc Connelly

Screenplay

Thorne Smith

Story

Robert Pirosh

Screenplay

George Sawley

Set Decoration

René Clair

Producer

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Roy Webb

Original Music Composer

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Eda Warren

Editor

Ernst Fegté

Art Direction

Ted Tetzlaff

Director of Photography

William Forsyth

Second Assistant Director

Preston Sturges

Producer

Arthur S. Black Jr.

First Assistant Director

Gordon Jennings

Special Effects

Harry D. Mills

Sound Recordist

E. D. Leshin

Unit Manager

André Rigaud

Dialogue

René Clair

Dialogue

Dalton Trumbo

Additional Writing

Norman Matson

Story

Paul Boistelle

Sound

Richard Olson

Sound Recordist

Leonora Sabine

Hair Designer

Norman Lacey

Location Manager

Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 7/10

February 22, 2026

“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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I Married a Witch (1942)

Marc Connelly, Thorne Smith, Robert Pirosh, Norman Matson

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