Marriage a la Mode

Name: The Constant Husband
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1955-04-21
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, Cecil Parker

Original title: The Constant Husband

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

645

YOUR RATING

Comedy

An Englishman wakes in a hotel bedroom suffering from amnesia and sets out to find his identity. He tracks down his wife but soon learns that the job she saw him leave for every morning did ... Read allAn Englishman wakes in a hotel bedroom suffering from amnesia and sets out to find his identity. He tracks down his wife but soon learns that the job she saw him leave for every morning did not exist.An Englishman wakes in a hotel bedroom suffering from amnesia and sets out to find his identity. He tracks down his wife but soon learns that the job she saw him leave for every morning did not exist.

Director
- Sidney Gilliat
Writers
- Sidney Gilliat
- Val Valentine
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

645

YOUR RATING

Director
- Sidney Gilliat
Writers
- Sidney Gilliat
- Val Valentine
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
First shown in the United States on NBC, November 6, 1955, but with twenty minutes cut so that the movie could be shown with commercials in a one hour and thirty-minute time slot. This was the first time that a feature-length movie premiered in the United States before reaching the theaters. It was also the first time a feature film was broadcast in color, but, since few viewers had color receivers at this time, most people saw it in black-and-white.

Goofs
When Rex Harrison looks out of his hotel window at the start of the movie the tide is in and still is when he comes out of the front of his hotel, but a few moments later, when he goes down to question the fisherman, the tide has gone out and people are walking and playing on the sand.

Quotes
The Law: The Judge: Let me put the issue simply before you. The question really is whether you now say you now believe you were, when you committed these crimes, the man you were before you became the man you say you are now. Is that quite clear?

User reviews11

Review

Featured review

7/10

Doesn't quite do itself justice

Although boasting a strong cast,this film just fails to attain the anticipated level of entertainment. The movie has an interesting premise,with Rex Harrison as a bigamist,several times over,who has forgotten about his Marital escapades due to his waking up in a Welsh hotel suffering from amnesia. Unfortunately,the film does not quite achieve it's billing as a Comedy,as very few humourous moments are to be seen! However,the acting is solid throughout,with Rex Harrison ideal as the caddish Husband, and there is strong support from Kay Kendall,as his latest Wife...Perhaps? French favourite Nicole Maurey is in spirited form as the Italian "Spitfire",and the always watchable Margaret Leighton is fine as his Barrister. Of interest in the supporting cast,as the Italian "Mama",is Marie Burke,who,in 1928, sang the Helen Morgan role of Julie LaVerne in the original London stage production of "Showboat",and did a fine job! The storyline of "The Constant Husband" would have us believe that all seven of the (known) Wives ,plus a surprise new addition,could be waiting earnestly for such a scandalous cad after he has faced up to the obvious consequences of his previous actions! Unlikely,to say the least. In conclusion,Sidney Gilliat's direction is more than adequate,but as Co-Screenplay Writer a livelier input was required.