The Whole Truth

Director: John Guillermin John Guillermin

Overview

In this mystery, a movie producer gets bored with his wife and begins an affair with a fiery actress. In the end, he jilts his mistress and returns to his wife. The trouble begins when someone stabs the actress and he is labelled the prime suspect by a detective. Later the producer discovers that the actress is still alive, and that the detective was her husband. A real murder follows and the producer is arrested. His loyal wife launches her own investigation and proves that her husband was innocent. The real killer, the husband of the actress, ends up killed in a car wreck.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/06/2013
UPC:	0043396428287
Original Release:	1958
Rating:	NR
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Sales rank:	40,363

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Stewart Granger	Max Poulton
Gianna Canale	Gina Bertini,Gina Bertini
Donna Reed	Carol Poulton
George Sanders	Carliss
Michael Shillo	Inspector Simon
Richard Molinas	Gilbert
Peter Dyneley	Willy Reichel
John Van Eyssen	Archer
Philip Vickers	Jack Leslie,Jack Leslie
Jimmy Thompson	Assistant
Hy Hazell	American Woman
Carlo Giustini	Leading Man
Agnes Laughlan	Englishwoman
Jacques Cey	Barman
Hugo De Vernier	Hotel Receptionist
Yves Chanteau	Rouget
Jean Driant	Male Servant
Joan Benham	Party Guest
Mignon O'Doherty	Party Guest
Jan Holden	Party Guest
Laurie Main	Party Guest
Mischa Spoliansky	Composer

Technical Credits

Jonathan Latimer

Jack Clayton	Producer
John Guillermin	Director
Jonathan Latimer	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

The Whole Truth demonstrates that it's a lot harder to make a really good mystery flick than it might seem. On the surface, Truth has everything going for it. It has a nicely complex plot that throws in marital infidelity and revenge along with the expected murder. It has some far-off settings. It has George Sanders, the screen's ultimate symbol of urbanely suave menace, who can also easily pull off heroics when called upon, as well as the dependable Stewart Granger and the appealing Donna Reed. It even has a lesser-known actress Gianna Maria Canale to add a bit of spicy intrigue. Unfortunately, these ingredients simply don't come together. The plot becomes convoluted and too often is simply incredible, and Jonathan Latimer doesn't provide either enough memorable dialogue nor well-delineated characters to make up for this defect. The cast members are good, but the 3 "known" quantities are all operating at less than their top; Canaleactually comes off best, perhaps because the viewer is less acquainted with her and so doesn't expect as much. A really great directing job might have pulled everything together, but John Guillermin's is routine rather than innovative. Truth is not a terrible film; it's just not a very good one.

All Movie Guide - Craig Butler