My Favorite Wife
The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!
ComedyRomancejealousyjudgeshipwreckhoneymoonbigamyconfusionremarriagelos angeles, californiapresumed deadscrewball comedydeserted islandsecond marriage
A fast-paced screwball comedy built on romantic confusion and marital chaos, where a presumed-dead wife's return triggers hilarious complications and jealous entanglements.
Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.
Essence
Ensemble
Cary Grant
Nick Arden
Irene Dunne
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Randolph Scott
Steve Burkett
Gail Patrick
Bianca Bates
Ann Shoemaker
Ma
Scotty Beckett
Tim Arden
Mary Lou Harrington
Chinch Arden
Donald MacBride
Hotel Clerk
Hugh O'Connell
Johnson
Granville Bates
Judge Walter Bryson
Pedro de Cordoba
Dr. Kohlmar
Joe Cabrillas
Phillip (uncredited)
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