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The Truth About Women. Humphrey Tavistock (Laurence Harvey). Credit: STUDIOCANAL
The Truth About Women

The Truth About Women

  • 1957 film

To a husband unable to understand his wife, an old gentleman recounts romantic passages in his life: his first love, a "fast" girl, an adventure in the East, a romance in Paris, a title-seeking American, an artist and a nurse. Finally, how he married his wife. Stars Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Diane Cilento, Mai Zetterling, Eva Gabor and more.

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Cast & crew credits

Cast
Laurence Harvey Humphrey Tavistock
Julie Harris Helen Cooper
Diane Cilento Ambrosine Viney
Mai Zetterling Julie Eaton
Eva Gabor Louise
Michael Denison Rollo
Jocelyn Lane (as Jackie Lane) Saida
Derek Farr Anthony
Elina Labourdette Comtesse
Griffith Jones Sir Jeremy
Katie Boyle (as Catherine Boyle) Diana
Lisa Gastoni Mary Maguire
John Glyn-Jones Raven
Thorley Walters Trevor Eaton
Hal Osmond Baker
Ambrosine Phillpotts Lady Tavistock
Ernest Thesiger Judge
Balbina Meyer (as Balbina) Marcelle
Christopher Lee François
Aletha Orr Mrs. Maguire
Robert Rietty Sultan
Roland Culver Charles Tavistock
Wilfrid Hyde-White Sir George Tavistock
Marius Goring Otto Kerstein
Delene Scott Alison
Dawn Gillett Baby
Bryan Coleman Actor
Philip Leaver (as Phillip Leaver) Actor
Magda Miller Actor
Marianne Benet Actor
David Franks Actor
Mark Mileham Actor
Corinne Gardner Actor
Yvette Hosler Actor
The Blake Twins Actor
Writing team
Muriel Box Writer
Sydney Box Writer
Production team
Muriel Box Director
Sydney Box Producer
Herbert Smith Associate Producer
Anne V. Coates Editor
George Provis Production Designer
Betty White Casting Director
Cecil Beaton Costume Designer
Otto Heller Director of Photography
Bruce Montgomery Composer
Tutte Lemkow Choreographer
Gerry O'Hara (as Gerald O'Hara) 1st Assistant Director

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