British Comedy Guide
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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The Truth About Women trivia

Distributor British Lion was not particularly supportive of the film despite critical acclaim, and gave it neither a press screening, nor a prominent London West End release. Director Muriel Box embarked on her own tour around the country in order to publicise it sufficiently.

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