Summary
Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicholas, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicholas as she wants to do so herself.
Details
Release Date: December 19, 1963
Runtime: 103 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.6/10 (95 votes)
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Cast

Doris Day
Ellen Wagstaff Arden

James Garner
Nicholas Arden

Polly Bergen
Bianca Steele

Thelma Ritter
Grace Arden

Fred Clark
Mr. Codd

Don Knotts
Shoe Clerk

Elliott Reid
Dr. Herman Schlick

Edgar Buchanan
Judge Bryson

John Astin
Clyde Prokey

Pat Harrington, Jr.
District Attorney

Eddie Quillan
Bellboy

Max Showalter
Hotel Desk Clerk

Alvy Moore
Room Service Waiter

Chuck Connors
Stephen Burkett

Steve Carruthers
Department Store Employee (uncredited)

Harry Carter
Lawyer in Courtroom (uncredited)

Christopher Connelly
Ranking Seaman (uncredited)

Med Flory
Seaman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Seymour's Wife (uncredited)

Kelton Garwood
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Bailiff (uncredited)

Sid Gould
Waiter at Pool (uncredited)

John Harmon
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Joseph Mell
Stock Clerk (uncredited)

Emile Meyer
Process Server (uncredited)

Karen Norris
Salesgirl (uncredited)

Leoda Richards
Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo
Poolside Lounger (uncredited)

Alan Sues
Court Clerk (uncredited)

Brad Trumbull
Process Server (uncredited)








