Move Over, Darling
19/12/1963
2h
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.
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
Pami Lee
Jenny Arden
Leslie Farrell
Didi Arden
Chuck Connors
Stephen Burkett
Jimmy Baya
Doorman (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Department Store Employee (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Lawyer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Joel Collins
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Christopher Connelly
Ranking Seaman (uncredited)
Bing Davidson
Ensign (uncredited)
Med Flory
Seaman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Seymour's Wife (uncredited)
Kelton Garwood
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Bailiff (uncredited)
Sid Gould
Waiter at Pool (uncredited)
John Harmon
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ted Jacques
Pool Attendant (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Edward McNally
Commander (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Stock Clerk (uncredited)
Emile Meyer
Process Server (uncredited)
Pat Moran
Seymour (uncredited)
Karen Norris
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Jack Orrison
Bartender (uncredited)
Paul Power
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Edward Rickard
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Sheila Rogers
Secretary (uncredited)
Michael Romanoff
Floorwalker (uncredited)
Rachel Romen
Injured Man's Wife (uncredited)
Jack Sahakian
Executive Officer (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Poolside Lounger (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Alan Sues
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Brad Trumbull
Process Server (uncredited)
Rosa Turich
Maria (uncredited)
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