The Truth About Women
The Truth About Women is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Mai Zetterling and Diane Cilento.[1][2]
Plot
When his son-in-law comes to him with a woeful tale of an unhappy relationship and a belief that all women are impossible to love, elderly Sir Humphrey Tavistock calmly puts him straight.
Tavistock regales him with decades-old anecdotes of found lovers and lost love. We meet in flashback the free-thinking Ambrosine Viney, an independent woman ahead of her time, and the sophisticated Louise Tiere, a diplomat's wife. There are others as well, including one whom Tavistock adores and marries, only to lose her forever during childbirth.
Cast
- Laurence Harvey as Sir Humphrey Tavistock
- Julie Harris as Helen Cooper
- Diane Cilento as Ambrosine Viney
- Mai Zetterling as Julie
- Eva Gabor as Louise
- Michael Denison as Rollo
- Derek Farr as Anthony
- Elina Labourdette as Comtesse
- Roland Culver as Charles Tavistock
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Sir George Tavistock
- Robert Rietti as the Sultan
- Catherine Boyle as Diana
- Ambrosine Phillpotts as Lady Tavistock
- Jocelyn Lane as Saida
- Lisa Gastoni as Mary Maguire
References
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