The Awful Truth

Name: The Awful Truth
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1937-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.2

About The Awful Truth

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

The Awful Truth (1937) is a comedy romance film directed by Leo McCarey. Irene Dunne stars as Lucy Warriner, Cary Grant as Jerry Warriner, Ralph Bellamy as Dan Leeson, and Alexander D'Arcy as Armand Duvalle.

It runs 91 minutes and was released in October 1937. Written by Viña Delmar.

Shelv files it under divorce, neighbor, mischievous, and screwball comedy. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 379 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

The Grass Is Greener, Love Crazy, and The Philadelphia Story make useful companions to The Awful Truth, all filed under comedy of remarriage, misunderstanding, and romantic.