May 17, 1940
88 min
Full-HD

My Favorite Wife (1940)

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.

Category

Comedy Romance

Country

United States of America

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Irene Dunne

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Cary Grant

Nick Arden

Gail Patrick

Bianca Bates

Randolph Scott

Steve Burkett

Ann Shoemaker

Ma

Scotty Beckett

Tim Arden

Mary Lou Harrington

Chinch Arden

Donald MacBride

Hotel Clerk

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