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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.
Original Release
10/20/1937
US Release
10/20/1937
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Irene Dunne | Lucy Warriner |
Cary Grant | Jerry Warriner |
Ralph Bellamy | Daniel Leeson / Dan Leeson |
Alexander D'Arcy | Armand Duvalle |
Cecil Cunningham | Aunt Patsy |
Molly Lamont | Barbara Vance |
Esther Dale | Mrs. Leeson |
Joyce Compton | Dixie Belle Lee |
Robert Allen | Frank Randall |
Robert Warwick | Mr. Vance |
Directors
Writers
Viña Delmar, Arthur Richman, Sidney Buchman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Irene Dunne | Lucy Warriner |
Cary Grant | Jerry Warriner |
Ralph Bellamy | Daniel Leeson / Dan Leeson |
Alexander D'Arcy | Armand Duvalle |
Cecil Cunningham | Aunt Patsy |
Molly Lamont | Barbara Vance |
Esther Dale | Mrs. Leeson |
Joyce Compton | Dixie Belle Lee |
Robert Allen | Frank Randall |
Robert Warwick | Mr. Vance |
Mary Forbes | Mrs. Vance |
Claud Allister | Lord Fabian |
Asta | Mr. Smith |
Al Bridge | Motor Cop |
Wyn Cahoon | Mrs. Barnsley |
Ruth Cherrington | Minor Role |
Dora Clement | Minor Role |
Kathryn Curry | Celeste |
Edgar Dearing | Motor Cop |
Jack Deery | Nightclub Patron |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Leo McCarey | Producer |
Everett Riskin | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1938 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |
1938 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1938 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1938 | Oscar | Best Director | Won |
1938 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Nominated |
1938 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |