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 (1957) is what director Muriel Box called her most personal film, revealing the complex lives of women and the assertion that women can and should be 'an equal partner in the business of life'.

A witty and touching comedy with a great cast including Laurence Harvey,...

The Truth About Women DVD

Taking his son-in-law to one side for a quiet chat about marital strife, Sir Humphrey listens to the young man's tale of woe and offers reassurance that he is not the first to be baffled by the foibles of women - ably illustrating his point by recounting some rather sticky...

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