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My Favorite Wife

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My Favorite Wife (1940)

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Average Rating:7.5/10

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, originally teamed in the 1937 comedy "The Awful Truth", are back for more fun. This time, a wife who has been apart from her husband and kids for seven years (after... Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, originally teamed in the 1937 comedy "The Awful Truth", are back for more fun. This time, a wife who has been apart from her husband and kids for seven years (after getting marooned on an island) returns to her home and family -- on the very day her husband is about to marry another woman! [More]

Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott

Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott, Ann Shoemaker, Scotty Beckett, Donald MacBride, Granville Bates, Leon Belasco

Director: Garson Kanin

Director: Garson Kanin
Producer: Leo McCarey
Story: Leo McCarey
Composer: Roy Webb

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