---
title: 'The Awful Truth (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leo McCarey'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-awful-truth-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028597/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Awful Truth (1937)

1937 · 87 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Awful Truth is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1922 play The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman, the film recounts a distrustful rich couple who begin divorce proceedings, only to interfere with one another's romances.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leo McCarey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mccarey)
- **Producer:** [Leo McCarey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mccarey)
- **Screenplay:** [Sidney Buchman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-buchman), [Viña Delmar](https://cinepixo.com/people/vina-delmar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ben Oakland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-oakland)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-walker)
- **Editor:** [Al Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-clark)

## Cast

- [Bobby Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-watson)
- [Edward Peil](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-peil)
- [Cecil Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-cunningham)
- [Bert Moorhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-moorhouse)
- [Frank H. Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-h-wilson)
- [Mary Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-forbes)
- [Robert Warwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-warwick)
- [John Tyrrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-tyrrell)
- [Esther Dale](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-dale)
- [Edmund Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-mortimer)
- [Molly Lamont](https://cinepixo.com/people/molly-lamont)
- [Cary Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-grant)
- [Ralph Bellamy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-bellamy)
- [Alexander D'Arcy](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-d-arcy)
- [Paul Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-stanton-2)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-awful-truth-1937
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