---
title: 'French Without Tears (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Asquith'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/french-without-tears-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031341/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# French Without Tears (1940)

1940 · 86 min · Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

French Without Tears is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Ray Milland. It was based on the 1936 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan, who also co-wrote the script.
An on-off working relationship between Asquith and Rattigan began with this film and continued over the next 15 years.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Asquith](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-asquith)
- **Screenplay:** [Anatole de Grunwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-de-grunwald)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nicholas Brodzsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-brodzsky)
- **Producer:** [Mario Zampi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-zampi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bernard Knowles](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-knowles)
- **Editor:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean)

## Cast

- [David Tree](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-tree)
- [Roland Culver](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-culver)
- [Ellen Drew](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-drew)
- [Ray Milland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-milland)

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