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So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952): Cast

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So You Want to Wear the Pants is a 1952 short comedy directed by Richard L. Bare, starring Phyllis Coates as Alice McDoakes (uncredited), George O'Hanlon and Fritz Feld. It runs 10 minutes.

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So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952) movie poster
Released
Runtime
10 min
Director
Richard L. Bare
Genre
Comedy
Original language
English
After the credits
No No extra scene
The story

What Is So You Want to Wear the Pants About?

The premise of So You Want to Wear the Pants without spoilers.

It’s a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.

So You Want to Wear the Pants Themes & Keywords

· 18 tags
  • marriage
  • marriage counseling
  • role reversal
  • satire comedy
  • joe mcdoakes
  • breaking the fourth wall
  • hypnosis
  • apology
  • shaving
  • lawyer
  • military base
  • barbell
+6 more
  • slapped in the face
  • milkman
  • mouse
  • psychiatrist
  • narration
  • sequel
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Cast & crew

So You Want to Wear the Pants Cast & Characters

Phyllis Coates leads the cast as Alice McDoakes (uncredited), with George O'Hanlon as Corporal Joe McDoakes and Fritz Feld as Psychiatrist (uncredited). Directed by Richard L. Bare; 10 actors are credited in all.

Also Starring in So You Want to Wear the Pants

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From the director

More from Richard L. Bare

More films directed by Richard L. Bare: Wicked, Wicked, This Rebel Breed, Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend and So Your Wife Wants to Work.

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So You Want to Wear the Pants FAQ: Cast & Runtime

Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of So You Want to Wear the Pants, each answered in a sentence.

How long is So You Want to Wear the Pants?

So You Want to Wear the Pants runs 10 minutes.

When was So You Want to Wear the Pants released?

So You Want to Wear the Pants was released on November 8, 1952.

Who directed So You Want to Wear the Pants?

So You Want to Wear the Pants was directed by Richard L. Bare.

More films by Richard L. Bare

Who is in the cast of So You Want to Wear the Pants?

So You Want to Wear the Pants stars Phyllis Coates as Alice McDoakes (uncredited), George O'Hanlon as Corporal Joe McDoakes and Fritz Feld as Psychiatrist (uncredited), among 10 credited actors.

Does So You Want to Wear the Pants have a post-credit scene?

No. So You Want to Wear the Pants has no extra scene during or after the credits.

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