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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1940-05-17
Languageen
Runtime1h 28m
Budget$921,000
Revenue$2,057,000
Production

RKO Radio Pictures

7.0(176)
•1940•1h 28m

My Favorite Wife

"The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!"

ComedyRomance

Overview

Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.

Director
Garson Kanin
Writing & Screenplay
Bella SpewackSam Spewack
Cinematography
Rudolph Maté

Principal Cast

42 credited
Cary Grant
Cary GrantNick Arden
Irene Dunne
Irene DunneEllen Wagstaff Arden
Randolph Scott
Randolph ScottSteve Burkett
Gail Patrick
Gail PatrickBianca Bates
Ann Shoemaker
Ann ShoemakerMa
Scotty Beckett
Scotty BeckettTim Arden
ML
Mary Lou HarringtonChinch Arden
Donald MacBride
Donald MacBrideHotel Clerk
Hugh O'Connell
Hugh O'ConnellJohnson
Granville Bates
Granville BatesJudge Walter Bryson

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