Comedy ·Drama · United Kingdom · 1947 · 1h 36m

An Ideal Husband

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Director
Alexander Korda
Cast
Paulette Goddard as Laura Cheveley Michael Wilding as Arthur Goring Diana Wynyard as Gertrude Chiltern Hugh Williams as Robert Chiltern C. Aubrey Smith as Earl of Caversham Glynis Johns as Mabel Chiltern
Crew
Georges Périnal — Director of Photography Oswald Hafenrichter — Editor Arthur Benjamin — Original Music Composer Lajos Biró — Screenplay Alexander Korda — Producer Cecil Beaton — Costume Design
Tagline

"An Ideal Husband has to look to his future...a woman has to look to her past!"

Synopsis

A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compounded by his wife's intolerance of the slightest character flaws.

Key Collaborators
Alexander Korda Director Georges Périnal Director of Photography Oswald Hafenrichter Editor Arthur Benjamin Original Music Composer Lajos Biró Screenplay Alexander Korda Producer Cecil Beaton Costume Design
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