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The Whole Truth

  • 1958
  • Approved
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
651
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Stewart Granger, Donna Reed, George Sanders, and Gianna Maria Canale in The Whole Truth (1958)
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

A movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband.A movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband.A movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband.

  • Directors
    • John Guillermin
    • Dan Cohen
  • Writers
    • Jonathan Latimer
    • Philip Mackie
  • Stars
    • Stewart Granger
    • Donna Reed
    • George Sanders
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    651
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • John Guillermin
      • Dan Cohen
    • Writers
      • Jonathan Latimer
      • Philip Mackie
    • Stars
      • Stewart Granger
      • Donna Reed
      • George Sanders
    • 18User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Stewart Granger
    Stewart Granger
    • Max Poulton
    Donna Reed
    Donna Reed
    • Carol Poulton
    George Sanders
    George Sanders
    • Carliss
    Gianna Maria Canale
    Gianna Maria Canale
    • Gina Bertini
    Michael Shillo
    • Inspector Simon
    Richard Molinas
    • Gilbert
    Peter Dyneley
    Peter Dyneley
    • Willy Reichel
    John Van Eyssen
    • Archer
    Philip Vickers
    • Jack Leslie
    Jimmy Thompson
    • First Assistant
    Hy Hazell
    Hy Hazell
    • American Woman
    Carlo Giustini
    Carlo Giustini
    • Leading Man
    • (as Carlo Justini)
    Agnes Lauchlan
    • Englishwoman
    Jacques Cey
    • Barman
    Hugo De Vernier
    • Hotel Receptionst
    Yves Chanteau
    • Rouget
    Jean Driant
    • Male Servant
    Joan Benham
    Joan Benham
    • Party Guest
    • Directors
      • John Guillermin
      • Dan Cohen
    • Writers
      • Jonathan Latimer
      • Philip Mackie
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    • Trivia
      Nadja Regin was replaced by Gianna Maria Canale during production, though one of her poses from an actual production still of the film is used as a key visual on the British release poster. They just swapped the heads of the actresses.
    • Goofs
      After leaving Max and Carol, and trying to make an escape before the police arrive, Carliss jumps in the car in the left-handed driver's seat. The long shot of the car tearing down the hill then shows it to be a European version of the same car with the driver in a right-handed driver's seat. Various subsequent shots - close, long and from inside have Carliss appearing to be driving from the right seat, left seat and in between the two.

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    Featured review
    6/10

    A wounded cad

    Though leading man Stewart Granger has occasionally played the heel in a few films, the greatest screen cad of all George Sanders dominates this film playing a very wounded cad. He's a publisher of religious textbooks married to that most unlikely of mates, the voluptuous movie star Gianna Marie Canale who has used her feminine wiles to get to the top of the film business. Her latest conquest is producer Stewart Granger who is a bit down in the mouth since wife Donna Reed left him.

    The Whole Truth has Sanders planning a most methodical revenge against his wife and against Granger whom he sees as the pinnacle of all the men Canale cheated on him with. Sanders gives an academy award winning performance, even better than the Oscar winning one he got for All About Eve with the French police.

    Though The Whole Truth is far from All About Eve it's a decent enough thriller with Hollywood's greatest cad dominating the proceedings.
    • bkoganbing
    • Jul 14, 2013
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    • Release date
      • September 1958 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Besuch um Mitternacht
    • Filming locations
      • Walton Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK(studio: made at)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures Corporation
      • Romulus Films
      • Valiant Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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