---
title: 'My Favorite Wife (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Garson Kanin'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-favorite-wife-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029284/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# My Favorite Wife (1940)

1940 · 89 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

My Favorite Wife is a 1940 American screwball comedy film produced by Leo McCarey and directed by Garson Kanin. It stars Irene Dunne as a woman who, after being shipwrecked on a tropical island for several years and declared legally dead, returns to her former husband and children.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Garson Kanin](https://cinepixo.com/people/garson-kanin)
- **Screenplay:** [Garson Kanin](https://cinepixo.com/people/garson-kanin), [Samuel Spewack](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-spewack), [Bella Spewack](https://cinepixo.com/people/bella-spewack)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Producer:** [Leo McCarey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mccarey)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rudolph Maté](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolph-mate)
- **Editor:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)

## Cast

- [Granville Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/granville-bates)
- [Ann Shoemaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-shoemaker)
- [Pat West](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-west)
- [Bob Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-reeves)
- [Horace McMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/horace-mcmahon)
- [Earle Hodgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/earle-hodgins)
- [Gail Patrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gail-patrick)
- [Donald MacBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-macbride)
- [Franco Corsaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-corsaro)
- [Irene Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-dunne)
- [Scotty Beckett](https://cinepixo.com/people/scotty-beckett)
- [Jean Acker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-acker)
- [Randolph Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/randolph-scott)
- [Bert Moorhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-moorhouse)
- [Leon Belasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-belasco)

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