
Secretary(2002)
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.


“3 GREAT STARS IN THE PERFECT TRIANGLE!”
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.

Clark Gable
Van 'V.S.' Stanhope

Jean Harlow
Helen 'Whitey' Wilson

Myrna Loy
Linda Stanhope

James Stewart
Dave

May Robson
Mimi Stanhope

George Barbier
J.D. Underwood

Gloria Holden
Joan Carstairs

Hobart Cavanaugh
Joe Farnsworth

Tom Dugan
Finney

Gilbert Emery
Simpson
Wife vs. Secretary is a drama, comedy, romance film released in 1936 exploring themes of wife, magazine, secretary, business trip, publisher. Directed by Clarence Brown, it stars Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy. Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
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