My Favorite Wife (1940)

7.0/10 88 min Comedy Romance

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.

Cast

Cary Grant

Nick Arden

Irene Dunne

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Randolph Scott

Steve Burkett

Gail Patrick

Bianca Bates

Ann Shoemaker

Ma

Scotty Beckett

Tim Arden

Donald MacBride

Hotel Clerk

Hugh O'Connell

Johnson

Granville Bates

Judge Walter Bryson

Pedro de Cordoba

Dr. Kohlmar

Cyril Ring

Nick's Lawyer (uncredited)

Jean Acker

Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)

Florence Dudley

Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)

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