| The Compulsory Wife | |
| Director: | Arthur B. Woods |
| Producer: | Irving Asher |
| Starring: | Henry Kendall Joyce Kirby |
| Cinematography: | Basil Emmott |
| Distributor: | Warner Brothers-First National Productions |
| Runtime: | 57 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The Compulsory Wife is a 1937 British comedy film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Henry Kendall and Joyce Kirby.
The film was a quota quickie production with a plot dealing with the farcical complications arising when a pair of strangers have to spend a night alone together in a country cottage when their hosts are detained in town. Overnight all their luggage is stolen by a burglar, leaving them with nothing but their nightclothes. Then the next morning their hosts and the other guests start arriving. It is now classed as a lost film.[1]