My Favorite Wife (1940)

05/17/1940 (US) • 1h 28m

Comedy, Romance

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.

Top Billed Cast

Irene Dunne

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Cary Grant

Nick Arden

Gail Patrick

Bianca Bates

Randolph Scott

Steve Burkett

Donald MacBride

Hotel Clerk


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$921,000.00

Revenue

$2,057,000.00

Keywords

jealousy

judge

shipwreck

marriage

bigamy

confusion

presumed dead

screwball comedy

deserted island

remade

hilarious

comedy of remarriage

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