An Ideal Husband
6.5
“"An Ideal Husband has to look to his future...a woman has to look to her past!"”
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.
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Cast
15 people
Paulette Goddard
Laura Cheveley
Known for
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Michael Wilding
Arthur Goring
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Stage Fright
Under Capricorn
Diana Wynyard
Gertrude Chiltern
Known for
Cavalcade
Gaslight
Hugh Williams
Robert Chiltern
Known for
Wuthering Heights
Khartoum
C. Aubrey Smith
Earl of Caversham
Known for
Rebecca
Tarzan the Ape Man
Glynis Johns
Mabel Chiltern
Known for
Mary Poppins
While You Were Sleeping
Constance Collier
Lady Markby
Known for
Rope
Stage Door
Christine Norden
Margaret Marchmont
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The Interrupted Journey
Mine Own Executioner
Harriette Johns
Olivia
Known for
A Night to Remember
Michael Medwin
Duke of Nonesuch
Known for
The Duchess
A Countess from Hong Kong
Michael Anthony
Viscomte de Nanjac
Known for
Indiscreet
Khartoum
Peter Hobbes
Eddie Montford
Known for
Night of the Demon
Sylvia Scarlett
Alexander Korda Director · Lajos Biró Screenplay Oscar Wilde Author
United States release January 14, 1948 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production 20th Century Studios, London Film Productions
Production
London Films Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
London Film Productions
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 14, 1947
Theatrical
United States · January 14, 1948
Theatrical
United States · July 15, 2015
Physical · DVD
Belgium
February 13, 1948 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 5, 1949 · Theatrical
Finland
September 17, 1948 · Theatrical
France
May 27, 1949 · Theatrical
December 2, 2014 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
April 6, 1950 · Theatrical · West Germany
December 29, 1958 · TV · East Germany
Hungary
April 23, 1962 · TV
Ireland
October 18, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Oscariana Oscar Wilde Festival
Mexico
July 6, 1949 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 18, 1948 · Theatrical
South Africa
February 18, 1948 · Theatrical
Spain
December 24, 1949 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 19, 1948 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 6, 2006 · Physical · DVD
June 15, 2009 · Physical · DVD
September 3, 2012 · Physical · DVD
April 11, 2022 · TV · Talking Pictures TV
Uruguay
July 1, 1949 · Theatrical
XC
April 16, 1955 · Theatrical
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