The Awful Truth
“Danger! Wild woman on the loose!”
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Awful Truth performed
Budget
$600,000
Worldwide Gross
$3.0M
Gross Profit
$2.4M
Return
5.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$432K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Lucy Warriner
Irene Dunne
Lucy Warriner
Jerry Warriner
Cary Grant
Jerry Warriner
Dan Leeson
Ralph Bellamy
Dan Leeson
Armand Duvalle
Alexander D'Arcy
Armand Duvalle
Aunt Patsy
Cecil Cunningham
Aunt Patsy
Barbara Vance
Molly Lamont
Barbara Vance
Mrs. Leeson
Esther Dale
Mrs. Leeson
Dixie Belle Lee
Joyce Compton
Dixie Belle Lee
Frank Randall
Robert Allen
Frank Randall
Mr. Vance
Robert Warwick
Mr. Vance
Mrs. Vance
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Vance
Lord Fabian (uncredited)
Claud Allister
Lord Fabian (uncredited)
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