My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

88 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 17, 1940

Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride. But he gets a shock when he hears the whole story: Ellen spent those seven years alone on a desert island with another man.

My Favorite Wife

88 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 17, 1940

My Favorite Wife
Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride. But he gets a shock when he hears the whole story: Ellen spent those seven years alone on a desert island with another man.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title My Favorite Wife
Directors Ruby Rosenberg, Garson Kanin, James H. Anderson
Writers Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Leo McCarey

Cast

Irene Dunne

as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Cary Grant

as Nick Arden

Randolph Scott

as Steve Burkett

Gail Patrick

as Bianca Bates

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

Jean Acker

as Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)

Murray Alper

as Yosemite Bartender (uncredited)

Leon Belasco

as Waiter - Pacific Club Poolside (uncredited)

Joe Cabrillas

as Phillip (uncredited)

Bill Cartledge

as Page Boy Paging Burkett (uncredited)

Chester Clute

as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

Corky

as Corky the Dog (uncredited)

Franco Corsaro

as Waiter Bringing Wine (uncredited)

Florence Dudley

as Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)

Hal Gerard

as Assistant Court Clerk (uncredited)

Roque Guinart

as Waiter (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

Edna Holland

as Johnny Weissmuller Inquirer (uncredited)

Thelma Joel

as Miss Rosenthal (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

as Police Detective Arresting Nick (uncredited)

Ellen Lowe

as Weissmuller Inquirer's Companion (uncredited)

Margarita Martín

as (uncredited)

Horace McMahon

as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)

Sue Moore

as Maid Drying Ellen's Clothes (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)

Clive Morgan

as Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)

George Noisom

as Page Boy Bringing Steve's Robe (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

as Policeman Arresting Nick (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

as Bellboy #1 (uncredited)

Matty Roubert

as Page Boy Paging Mr. Arden (uncredited)

Eli Schmudkler

as Janitor (uncredited)

Pat West

as Caretaker at Arden's Mountain Place (uncredited)