In Name Only
“A woman trying to live her own life-A man who wouldn't let her-A wife living without love, fighting them both with the bitter weapons of a desperate heart!”
1939 · 1 h 34 min
John CromwellCast
Cary Grant 
Carole Lombard 
Kay Francis 
Charles Coburn 
Helen Vinson 
Katharine Alexander
Credits
Written by: Richard Sherman
Plot
A wealthy man falls for a widow while locked in a loveless marriage to a scheming woman.
Sinekatalog’s take
John Cromwell's drama, with Carole Lombard, Cary Grant and Kay Francis, is elegant and a good melodrama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (3,975 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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