Fresh
Leo McCarey's largely improvised 1937 film is one of the funniest of the screwball comedies, and also one of the most serious at heart.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Awful Truth
Danger! Wild woman on the loose!
1937 · 1h 31m · Approved
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Leo McCarey
Overview
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
Director and cast
- Leo McCarey Director
- Irene Dunne as Lucy Warriner
- Cary Grant as Jerry Warriner
- Ralph Bellamy as 'Dan' Leeson
- Alexander D'Arcy as Armand Duvalle
- Cecil Cunningham as Aunt Patsy
- Molly Lamont as Barbara Vance
- Esther Dale as Mrs. Leeson
- Joyce Compton as Dixie Belle Lee
- Robert Allen as Frank Randall
- Robert Warwick Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Zappy, sophisticated screwball comedy with Grant and Dunne displaying perfect timing.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
To be frank, The Awful Truth is awfully unimportant, but it is also one of the more laughable screen comedies of 1937, a fairly good vintage year.
B.R. Crisler, New York Times
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