My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

1940 · 88 min · EN · NR · 7.0 (139 votes)
Dir. Garson Kanin · Starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Scotty Beckett · Music Roy Webb

The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!

ComedyRomance

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.

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A whirlwind of witty banter and charming misunderstandings. This classic screwball comedy is a delightful dance of love, jealousy, and marital mayhem, keeping you laughing with its clever plot and effervescent energy.

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