Directed by:
Leo McCareyScreenplay:
Viña DelmarCinematography:
Joseph WalkerCast:
Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont, Esther Dale, Joyce Compton, Robert Allen, Robert Warwick (more)VOD (3)
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In this Oscar-winning farce, Cary Grant (in the role that first defined the Cary Grant persona) and Irene Dunne exude charm, cunning, and artless affection as an urbane couple who, fed up with each other’s infidelities, resolve to file for divorce. But try as they might to move on, the mischievous Jerry can’t help meddling in Lucy’s ill-matched engagement to a corn-fed Oklahoma businessman (Ralph Bellamy), and a mortified Lucy begins to realize that she may be saying goodbye to the only dance partner capable of following her lead. Directed by the versatile Leo McCarey, a master of improvisation and slapstick as well as a keen and sympathetic observer of human folly, The Awful Truth is a warm but unsparing comedy about two people whose flaws only make them more irresistible. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Irene Dunne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267971_ec7ab0.jpg)
Irene Dunne
USA
Best movies:
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Penny Serenade (1941)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
![Cary Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267996_646813.jpg)
Cary Grant
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Charade (1963)
Holiday (1938)
![Ralph Bellamy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272319_ce221a.jpg)
Ralph Bellamy
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Trading Places (1983)
One Man Mutiny (1955)
![Alexander D'Arcy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576464_1cf2f7.jpg)
Alexander D'Arcy
Egypt
Best movies:
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Another Thin Man (1939)
![Cecil Cunningham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499967_d97ff8.jpg)
Cecil Cunningham
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Monkey Business (1931)
![Molly Lamont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335590_22df73.jpg)
Molly Lamont
South Africa
Best movies:
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
![Esther Dale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/732/160732510_77bc61.jpg)
Esther Dale
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
A Song Is Born (1948)
The Awful Truth (1937)
![Joyce Compton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/477/158477133_758ea5.jpg)
Joyce Compton
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
![Robert Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/965/160965994_dd9d09.jpg)
Robert Allen
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Black Room (1935)
![Robert Warwick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000170_4f6a45.jpg)
Robert Warwick
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Bobby Watson
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Captains Courageous (1937)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Mary Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579953_a8880d.jpg)
Mary Forbes
UK
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Al Bridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/365/161365665_e1caf5.jpg)
Al Bridge
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Scott Kolk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/204/160204231_f5c4d2.jpg)
Scott Kolk
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Awful Truth (1937)
![Sarah Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559673_70cf0c.jpg)
Sarah Edwards
UK
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Bert Moorhouse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217477_338503.jpg)
Bert Moorhouse
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Edmund Mortimer
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
![Edward Peil Sr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/589/160589573_1bd565.gif)
Edward Peil Sr.
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Edgar Dearing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/802/160802929_87d04b.jpg)
Edgar Dearing
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarlet Street (1945)