Move Over, Darling (1963): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1963, Move Over, Darling is a comedy and romance film directed by Michael Gordon, running about 103 minutes. “She's Married to Him... He's Married to Her... and It's Sheer Bedlam from Morning 'till Night!” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. Move Over, Darling stars Doris Day as Ellen Wagstaff Arden, James Garner as Nicholas Arden, Polly Bergen as Bianca Steele and Thelma Ritter as Grace Arden, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.7/10, Move Over, Darling has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Move Over, Darling page.

If you liked it. Fans of Move Over, Darling tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.