My Favorite Wife (1940)

  • NR
  • 05/02/1940 (US)
  • Comedy, Romance
  • 1h 28m

The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!

Overview

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.

Bella Spewack

Screenplay

Garson Kanin

Director

Sam Spewack

Screenplay

Cast

Irene Dunne's headshot

Irene Dunne

Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Cary Grant's headshot

Cary Grant

Nick Arden
Gail Patrick's headshot

Gail Patrick

Bianca Bates
Randolph Scott's headshot

Randolph Scott

Steve Burkett
Ann Shoemaker's headshot

Ann Shoemaker

Ma
Scotty Beckett's headshot

Scotty Beckett

Tim Arden
Mary Lou Harrington's headshot

Mary Lou Harrington

Chinch Arden
Donald MacBride's headshot

Donald MacBride

Hotel Clerk

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