My Favorite Wife
“The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!”
Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.
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Cast
43 people
Cary Grant
Nick Arden
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Margaret Martin
Minor Role
Irene Dunne
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Known for
The Awful Truth
Love Affair
Randolph Scott
Steve Burkett
Known for
Ride the High Country
Ride Lonesome
Gail Patrick
Bianca Bates
Known for
My Man Godfrey
Stage Door
Ann Shoemaker
Ma
Known for
The Fortune Cookie
House by the River
Scotty Beckett
Tim Arden
Known for
Battleground
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Mary Lou Harrington
Chinch Arden
Also in
It Comes Up Love
The Vicious Circle
Donald MacBride
Hotel Clerk
Known for
The Seven Year Itch
The Killers
Hugh O'Connell
Johnson
Known for
The Smiling Lieutenant
Granville Bates
Judge Walter Bryson
Known for
Of Mice and Men
The Mortal Storm
Pedro de Cordoba
Dr. Kohlmar
Known for
Saboteur
The Ghost Breakers
Garson Kanin Director · Sam Spewack Screenplay Bella Spewack Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.1M · Budget $921K · United States release May 17, 1940
Box office
Budget
$921,000
Worldwide gross
$2,057,000
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 2, 1940
Premiere · Louisville, Kentucky
United States · May 17, 1940
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1941 · Theatrical
Germany
August 26, 1948 · Theatrical
Italy
August 26, 1948 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 13, 1940 · Theatrical
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