The Awful Truth

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Directed by

Leo McCarey

Starring (View all)

Irene Dunne
Lucy Warriner

Cary Grant
Jerry Warriner

Ralph Bellamy
Daniel Leeson

Alexander D'Arcy
Armand Duvalle

Cecil Cunningham
Aunt Patsy

Molly Lamont
Barbara Vance

Esther Dale
Mrs. Leeson

Joyce Compton
Dixie Belle Lee

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Viña Delmar
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Arthur Richman
(based on a play by)

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Before their divorce becomes final, Jerry and Lucy Warriner both do their best to ruin each other's plans for remarriage, Jerry to haughty socialite Molly Lamont, she to oil-rich bumpkin Daniel Leeson. Among their strategies: Jerry's court-decreed visitation rights with Mr. Smith, their pet fox terrier, and Lucy's flamboyant impersonation of Jerry's brassy "sister" before his prospective bride's scandalized family.

Release date: 21 October 1937
UPC: 043396077638

Tags: Comedy (12), Romance (9), 1930s (8), Screwball (6), 1937 (6), Marriage (6), Aunt (6), Dog (5), Piano (5), Cary Grant (5), New York City (5), Divorce (5), Nightclub (4), Cabin (4), Heiress (4), Infidelity (4), Black & White (4), Bw (3), New York (2), Convertible (2)

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