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.
Directed by Michael Gordon
island
judge
return
honeymoon
romcom
love
remake
remarriage
stranded
presumed dead
screwball comedy
return from dead
comedy of remarriage
enoch arden
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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
Crew
Michael Gordon
Director
Hal Kanter
Screenplay
Jack Sher
Screenplay
Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
Leo McCarey
Story
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Gaston Glass
Unit Production Manager
Hal Kanter
Songs
Terry Melcher
Songs
Elmer Raguse
Sound
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
mimi
6.0★ · 04/03/26
i'll get chow mein and go bowling with you mr. shoe clerk
i'll get chow mein and go bowling with you mr. shoe clerk
Caitlin Richards
8.0★ · 03/14/25
THIS ONE GAGGED ME! Like she came back to life?! Redemption arc 🔥
THIS ONE GAGGED ME! Like she came back to life?! Redemption arc 🔥