My Favorite Wife

“The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!”

7.0

1940

1h 28m

ComedyRomance

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.

Key Crew

Director

Garson Kanin

Producers

Leo McCarey

Writers

Bella Spewack

Sam Spewack

Cinematography

Rudolph Maté

Music

Roy Webb

Cast (42)

Irene Dunne

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Cary Grant

Nick Arden

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