The Awful Truth

A 1937 comedy about divorce as contact sport. Unfounded suspicions fling a married pair into legal separation, then both gleefully torpedo each other’s rebound dates. Two can play at sabotage, and McCarey proves one-upmanship beats heartbreak.

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Leo McCarey directed The Awful Truth in 1937. See Leo McCarey's full filmography, where to start with Leo McCarey, or where to go after you've seen everything by Leo McCarey.

The Awful Truth was released in 1937 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 91 minutes.