My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife (1940)

U
13/06/1940 (GB)
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.

  • Garson KaninDirector
  • Bella SpewackScreenplay
  • Sam SpewackScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $921,000

  • Revenue

    $2,057,000

Keywords

  • jealousy
  • judge
  • shipwreck
  • marriage
  • bigamy
  • confusion
  • presumed dead
  • screwball comedy
  • deserted island
  • remade
  • hilarious
  • comedy of remarriage

Top Billed Cast

Irene Dunne

Irene Dunne

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Nick Arden

Gail Patrick

Gail Patrick

Bianca Bates

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott

Steve Burkett

Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker

Ma

Scotty Beckett

Scotty Beckett

Tim Arden

Mary Lou Harrington

Chinch Arden

Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride

Hotel Clerk

Hugh O'Connell

Hugh O'Connell

Johnson

Granville Bates

Granville Bates

Judge Walter Bryson

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