The Man Who Understood Women
1959 film by Nunnally Johnson
- October 2, 1959 (1959-10-02) (United States)
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The Man Who Understood Women is a 1959 American comedy drama film written and directed by Nunnally Johnson from a novel by Romain Gary, and starring Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron and Cesare Danova, with a brief cameo by French singer Renate Hoy.
Plot
Willie Bauche, a Hollywood producer, becomes so obsessed with turning his wife, Ann Garantier, into the sexiest star in Hollywood that he neglects her real needs. Feeling lonely and tired of Tinseltown, Ann returns to her native France and finds herself attracted to Marco Ranieri, a handsome and very attentive pilot. When Willie hears about the budding affair, he flies into a rage and hires assassins to kill his rival. Unfortunately for him, one of the killers is a romantic and decides that Ann and Marco are so in love that both must die so they can always be together. When Willie finds out, he rushes over to France to try to save his wife.
Cast
- Henry Fonda as Bauche
- Leslie Caron as Ann
- Cesare Danova as Marco
- Conrad Nagel as Brody
- Myron McCormick as the Preacher
See also
References
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p252
External links
- The Man Who Understood Women at IMDb
- The Man Who Understood Women at the TCM Movie Database
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Films directed by Nunnally Johnson
- Night People (1954)
- Black Widow (1954)
- How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
- Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
- The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
- The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
- The Angel Wore Red (1960)
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