An Ideal Husband

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

Duration: 96 min

Release date: 1947-11-14

IMDB

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.

Comedy Drama

An Ideal Husband

Watch Providers

Criterion Channel

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Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

as Laura Cheveley

Michael Wilding

Michael Wilding

as Arthur Goring

as Gertrude Chiltern

as Robert Chiltern

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

as Earl of Caversham

as Mabel Chiltern

Constance Collier

Constance Collier

Christine Norden

Christine Norden

as Margaret Marchmont

Harriette Johns

Harriette Johns

as Duke of Nonesuch

Michael Anthony

Michael Anthony

as Viscomte de Nanjac

as Eddie Montford

as Tommy Tafford

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Alexander Korda

Alexander Korda

Hubert Clifford

Hubert Clifford

Camera Operator

Sound Supervisor

Georges Périnal

Georges Périnal

Director of Photography

Associate Producer

Arthur Benjamin

Arthur Benjamin

Original Music Composer

Oswald Hafenrichter

Oswald Hafenrichter

Dorrie Hamilton

Dorrie Hamilton

Production Manager

U. P. Hutchinson

U. P. Hutchinson

Alexander Korda

Alexander Korda

Assistant Director

Associate Producer

Color Assistant

Special Effects

Peggy McClafferty

Peggy McClafferty

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