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An Ideal Husband is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alexander Korda released in USA on 14 january 1948 with Paulette Goddard

An Ideal Husband (1947)

An Ideal Husband
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Released in USA 14 january 1948
Length 2h5
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating64% 3.2448653.2448653.2448653.2448653.244865

An Ideal Husband, also known as Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, is a 1947 film Technicolor adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde. It was made by London Film Productions and distributed by British Lion Films (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (USA). It was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos Bíró from Wilde's play. The music score was by Arthur Benjamin, the cinematography by Georges Périnal, the editing by Oswald Hafenrichter and the costume design by Cecil Beaton.

The film stars Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Hugh Williams, C. Aubrey Smith, Glynis Johns and Constance Collier.

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A mysterious lady attempts to blackmail a respected politician into giving a speech in parliament that supports her interests.

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