Movie
My Favorite Wife
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1940-05-17
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Cary Grant as Nick Arden
- Irene Dunne as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
- Randolph Scott as Steve Burkett
- Gail Patrick as Bianca Bates
- Ann Shoemaker as Ma
- Scotty Beckett as Tim Arden
- Mary Lou Harrington as Chinch Arden
- Donald MacBride as Hotel Clerk
- Hugh O'Connell as Johnson
- Granville Bates as Judge Walter Bryson
- Pedro de Cordoba as Dr. Kohlmar
- Joe Cabrillas as Phillip (uncredited)
Crew
- Garson Kanin - Director
- Bella Spewack - Screenplay
- Sam Spewack - Screenplay
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