cary grant get a real problem on his hand . he think his wife be kill in a plane crash seven year ago . so he go to court with gail patrick who he now intend to marry after get the judge to declare irene dunne legally dead . wouldn not you know it and dunne turn up the day of the honeymoon and put cary in an awful pickle . he a lawyer and he busy try to work out all the ramification of what happen . i have think about it for a while and i come to the conclusion that it grant professional training that prevent him from just confess to one and all what happen . where a lot of the laugh come in be grant try to avoid marital consummation with patrick until he can work it out . another factor come into play when grant learn that dunne spent several year on the desert island with hunky randolph scott . grant start to feel a little less guilty then . the whole mess be dump on the judge who originally declare dunne legally dead and granville bates . his role a the judge give him some of the best line in my favorite wife . i do feel sorry for gail patrick though . usually she play a lot of bad girl and other woman in movie . but she really be the wronged party here . dunne and grant work well together in another marital comedy and the awful truth and they be just as bright in my favorite wife a they be in the first film . one interesting footnote it be a remake of this film something get ta give that marilyn monroe do not complete . eventually it be make over with doris day and james garner . that one be good and but this one be great .