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The Awful Truth

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The Awful Truth
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NR,1hr 30min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1937
Director:
Leo McCarey
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy  ...more
Synopsis: Leo McCarey directed this classic screwball comedy in which Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play Jerry and Lucy Warriner, a couple whose marriage is starting to fall apart. Jerry informs Lucy that he's taking a vacation alone in Florida; instead, he holes up with his buddies and plays poker for a week (while sitting under a sun lamp so he'll have an appropriate tan). Lucy concludes that Jerry was never in Florida just as Jerry discovers that Lucy was spending her time with Armand Duvalle (Alex D'Arcy), ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Pittillo, AMG Review
One of the greatest screwball comedies of the thirties, The Awful Truth is arguably the archetypal example of this influential genre. The plot -- in which a gorgeous, sophisticated couple (played by Cary Grant and Irene Dunne) divorce, dabble with various Mr. and Miss Wrongs, and get back together again -- is the screwball formula distilled to its essence. Also exemplary are the film's opulent sets ... Full Review
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Irene Dunne
Lucy Warriner
Cary Grant
Jerry Warriner
Ralph Bellamy
Daniel Leeson
Robert (Tex) Allen
Frank Randall
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