My Favorite Wife

May 17, 1940

1h 28m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Irene Dunne

Nick Arden

Cary Grant

Bianca Bates

Gail Patrick

Steve Burkett

Randolph Scott

Ann Shoemaker

Tim Arden

Scotty Beckett

Chinch Arden

Mary Lou Harrington

Hotel Clerk

Donald MacBride

Johnson

Hugh O'Connell

Judge Walter Bryson

Granville Bates

Dr. Kohlmar

Pedro de Cordoba

Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)

Jean Acker

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