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A divorcing couple tries to sabotage each other's new relationships in this screwball romance starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. The film won an Oscar and features a memorable dog, a musical number, and a lot of witty dialogue.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Leo McCarey
- 1937-10-21
The Awful Truth is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1922 play The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman, the film recounts a distrustful rich couple who begin divorce proceedings, only to interfere with one another's romances.
Jan 10, 2023 · Cary Grant's Classic Romantic Movie I The Awful Truth (1937) I Retrospective. When Jerry and Lucy suspect each other of having an affair, they decide to file a divorce. In due course, they...
- 91 min
- 870.8K
- Retrospective - Classic Movies
Awful Truth, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) He Has A Continental Mind Cabin-fevered Lucy (Irene Dunne) and Aunt Patsy (Cecil Cunningham) have actually just met neighbor and Oklahoma oil man Leeson (Ralph Bellamy) when her ebullient ex Jerry (Cary Grant) shows up to visit the dog, in Leo McCarey's The Awful Truth, 1937.
- Leo Mccarey, William Mull
- Irene Dunne
With two months to go before the divorce becomes final, Lucy doesn't seem too anxious to replace Jerry with any other man, until she meets Dan Leeson, an Oklahoma oil baron, who she agrees to marry, largely as he represents the antithesis of Jerry.
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Jerry (Cary Grant) and Lucy (Irene Dunne) are a married couple who doubt each other's fidelity: Jerry suspects Lucy and her music teacher (Alexander D'Arcy) of spending an evening together, and ...
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- Comedy