An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 14, 1947

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.

An Ideal Husband

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 14, 1947

An Ideal Husband
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers London Film Productions
Original title An Ideal Husband
Directors Peggy McClafferty, Bluey Hill, Alexander Korda
Writers Lajos Biró, Oscar Wilde

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

Constance Collier

as Lady Markby

Christine Norden

as Margaret Marchmont

Harriette Johns

as Olivia

Michael Medwin

as Duke of Nonesuch

Michael Anthony

as Viscomte de Nanjac

Peter Hobbes

as Eddie Montford

John Clifford

as Mason

Fred Groves

as Phipps

Michael Ward

as Tommy Tafford