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Move Over, Darling
Move Over, Darling

Move Over, Darling (1963)

66% User Rating
1h 43min
Comedy
Romance

"She's Married to Him... He's Married to Her... and It's Sheer Bedlam from Morning 'till Night!"

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.

Michael GordonDirector

Cast

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Doris Day

Doris Day

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

James Garner

James Garner

Nicholas Arden

Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen

Bianca Steele

Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter

Grace Arden

Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Mr. Codd

Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Shoe Clerk

Elliott Reid

Elliott Reid

Dr. Herman Schlick

Edgar Buchanan

Edgar Buchanan

Judge Bryson

John Astin

John Astin

Clyde Prokey

Pat Harrington, Jr.

Pat Harrington, Jr.

District Attorney

Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan

Bellboy

Max Showalter

Max Showalter

Hotel Desk Clerk

Alvy Moore

Alvy Moore

Room Service Waiter

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Pami Lee

Jenny Arden

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Leslie Farrell

Didi Arden

Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors

Stephen Burkett

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Jimmy Baya

Doorman (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Steve Carruthers

Department Store Employee (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Harry Carter

Lawyer in Courtroom (uncredited)

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Joel Collins

Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Christopher Connelly

Christopher Connelly

Ranking Seaman (uncredited)

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Bing Davidson

Ensign (uncredited)

Med Flory

Med Flory

Seaman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Seymour's Wife (uncredited)

Kelton Garwood

Kelton Garwood

Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

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James Gonzalez

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin

Bailiff (uncredited)

Sid Gould

Sid Gould

Waiter at Pool (uncredited)

John Harmon

John Harmon

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Ted Jacques

Pool Attendant (uncredited)

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Robert Locke Lorraine

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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Edward McNally

Commander (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

Joseph Mell

Stock Clerk (uncredited)

Emile Meyer

Emile Meyer

Process Server (uncredited)

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Pat Moran

Seymour (uncredited)

Karen Norris

Karen Norris

Salesgirl (uncredited)

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Jack Orrison

Bartender (uncredited)

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Paul Power

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Leoda Richards

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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Edward Rickard

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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Sheila Rogers

Secretary (uncredited)

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Michael Romanoff

Floorwalker (uncredited)

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Rachel Romen

Injured Man's Wife (uncredited)

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Jack Sahakian

Executive Officer (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Cosmo Sardo

Poolside Lounger (uncredited)

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Bernard Sell

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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Leslie Sketchley

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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Norman Stevans

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Alan Sues

Alan Sues

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Brad Trumbull

Brad Trumbull

Process Server (uncredited)

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Rosa Turich

Maria (uncredited)

Reviews (1)

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Rating 60%

January 12, 2025

"Ellen" (Doris Day) has been missing for years and even pronounced legally dead when she is returned to civilisation by the US Navy and turns up at her mother-in-law's house. "Grace" (Thelma Ritter) gets quite a surprise, bit luckily she has a thick rug o which to cushion her fall a few times before telling her that her son "Nick" (James Garner) was not going to live his life in solitude for ever and had just married "Bianca" (Polly Bergen). What's more, he has taken her for their honeymoon to the same hotel they went to first time round. "Ellen" is determined to get her man back and so sets off to track them down. Needless to say he gets quite a shock when she shows up, and being legally married to wife number two creates quite a quandary for everyone, especially hotel manager "Codd" (Fred Clark) who probably has the best part here and isn't used to his elite establishment having wife-juggling competitions in it's suites. Calamities galore now ensue as he has to walk quite a tightrope. Does he love "Ellen"? Does she love him? Does he love "Bianca"? She him? Is "Ellen" even alive? Is he allowed to love her? Is he a bigamist? It's quite a fun romp at the start, but once we've laid the foundations it gets a bit repetitive and the humour made me cringe more than laugh after a while. There's some chemistry between Garner and Bergen but somehow Day and he didn't click the way she did with Rock Hudson in, say, "Pillow Talk" (1959). It's still all watchable enough and the denouement with Edgar Buchanan's flabbergasted "Judge Bryson" is quite entertaining.

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