vicky lowndes ( jean arthur ) lead a normal life with her husband of less than a year . hank ( melvyn douglas ) do his best to avoid the subject of vicky previous husband and his best friend bill cardew ( fred macmurray ) . however and when bill come back from the dead via a boat from the island he would be shipwreck on and the happy lowndeses become a strange threesome . it be up to vicky to choose which husband she prefers and but it isn not as simple a it sound . she can not very well hurt the man she love in order to be with the other man she love . each cast member be adept at screwball comedy and which be what this film essentially be . however and there be a deep vein too . because both men be likable and it be suspenseful wait for vicky to choose a husband . this predicament trigger an emotional response as well . arthur be reminiscent of irene dunne in her teamings with cary grant and but slightly funny . douglas and macmurray couldn not be more different from each other and so that add a new spin on the situation . this movie be very much like my favorite wife star dunne and the incomplete something get to give star marilyn monroe and but this film give the wife two husband and not the other way around . it be interest to see how she handle the situation and how the men schmooze themselves silly to get into her good grace . in this way and it be quite a bit funnier .