My Favorite Wife

This one's a screwball comedy, in case you were unsure. A woman returns home after years being lost at sea, only to discover her husband has just remarried. Complications arise when he learns she wasn't entirely alone on that desert island. It's exactly as madcap as it sounds.

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Garson Kanin directed My Favorite Wife in 1940. See Garson Kanin's full filmography, where to start with Garson Kanin, or where to go after you've seen everything by Garson Kanin.

My Favorite Wife was released in 1940 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 88 minutes.