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My Favorite Wife (1940) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 88 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Garson Kanin
- Starring
- Granville Bates, Irene Dunne, Scotty Beckett, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Russell Wade
A whirlwind comedic tale of the quickest honeymoon on record. Years after Ellen Arden is presumed dead in a shipwreck, she miraculously returns, only to discover her husband has remarried. The shock deepens when he learns Ellen survived alone on an island with another man, turning their reunion into a chaotic, laugh‑filled mess.
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