Cette sacrée vérité

Original title: The Awful Truth

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7.7/10

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Cary Grant and Irene Dunne in Cette sacrée vérité (1937)

A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.

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A married couple files an amicable divorce, but find letting go of each other harder than they originally thought.A married couple files an amicable divorce, but find letting go of each other harder than they originally thought.A married couple files an amicable divorce, but find letting go of each other harder than they originally thought.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

22K

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Won 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 5 nominations total

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Irene Dunne

Lucy Warriner

Cary Grant

Jerry Warriner

Ralph Bellamy

Daniel 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
(uncredited)

Asta

Mr. Smith
(uncredited)

Al Bridge

Motor Cop
(uncredited)

Wyn Cahoon

Mrs. Barnsley
(uncredited)

Ruth Cherrington

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Dora Clement

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Kathryn Curry

Celeste
(uncredited)

Director
- Leo McCarey
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Trivia
Irene Dunne later recalled the scene where she pretends to be Cary Grant's ill-bred nightclub performer sister, which was written over a weekend and handed to her on the morning she was scheduled to film it. She was supposed to do a burlesque bump in the middle of her musical number, a move she was never able to do. Leo McCarey told her just to say, "Never could do that" when she got to that moment. She did, it stayed in the film, and Dunne found it "a choice comic bit".

Goofs
Lucy introduces her music teacher "Armand Duvalle" as "Armand Lavalle".

Quotes
Armand Duvalle: I am a great teacher, not a great lover.
Lucy Warriner: That's right, Armand. No one could ever accuse you of being a great lover.

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "ONCE UPON A TIME: L'OTTAVA MERAVIGLIA (1944) + LA MOGLIE DEL VESCOVO (1947) + L'ORRIBILE VERITÀ (1937)" (3 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)

Soundtracks
My Dreams Are Gone With the Wind
(1937) (uncredited)
Music by Ben Oakland
Lyrics by Milton Drake
Performed by Joyce Compton (dubbed)
Reprise by Irene Dunne

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Featured review

10/10

Platinum Class Comedy!

When I was a little child, my mother used to tell me again and again the main scenes of this irresistible comedy, and we laughed our asses off. Much later, I had the good fortune to see it myself, at an oldies-goldies TV re-run, and it amused me like nuts.

Today, as a movie professional, I can safely state that it's an instance of PURE COMEDY: bright humor, pointed satire, a healthy dose of absurd, deliciously foolish, a fast-paced rhythm that makes the 90 minutes seem barely 9 seconds! You see it again and again, and wish for it never to come to an end! THIS, ladies and gentleman, is the stuff of real comedy - not all the Apatow and Seltzer moronic obscenities! Platinum class vintage!