Rent The Constant Husband (1955)

3.2 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 25min
Rent The Constant Husband (aka Marriage a la Mode) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
An Englishman (Rex Harrison) wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel bedroom with amnesia. A specialist at the local hospital tells him it was brought on by some kind of upset and they both set out to unearth the patient's past. What they find is shocking - not just to themselves but also to the man's seven wives!
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Frank Launder
Writers:
Sidney Gilliat, Val Valentine
Others:
Val Valentine
Aka:
Marriage a la Mode
Studio:
Optimum
Genres:
Classics, Comedy
Collections:
Top 10 Films About Radio: Rock to Rap, Top Films
BBFC:
Release Date:
01/03/2010
Run Time:
85 minutes
Languages:
English LPCM Stereo
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
Colour
BBFC:
Release Date:
27/07/2020
Run Time:
88 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
Technicolor
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
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Reviews (1) of The Constant Husband

Colourful comedy. - The Constant Husband review by Steve

Spoiler Alert
01/02/2024

Charming social comedy which once in motion achieves a kind of sublime, friction free state of entertainment. It draws upon the public persona of its big box office star Rex Harrison, who had a reputation as a womaniser. He plays an amnesiac who finds himself in Wales without memory, only to discover that his condition has resulted in six marriages and no divorces.

Harrison actually was eventually married six times and his philandering led to real tragedy. But this is a light comedy. They all want him back. The ballbusting lawyer (Margaret Leighton) hired to defend the bigamist, falls in love with him, as do the women on the jury. In a case of life imitating art, Rex began an affair with his co-star, Kay Kendall.

This might be overkill if it wasn't for the sublime touch of everyone involved, including Harrison, who is brilliant this kind of cheerfully ludicrous fluff. There's a genuinely funny script and an experienced comedy director in Sidney Gilliatt. The lovely Technicolor adds a little sweetness. Cecil Parker as the dismayed psychiatrist is just a bonus.

It's possible that in the era of #MeToo some will find this indulgence of the male ego a turn off. But watched in the spirit of the times there is one of the wittiest British scripts of the decade. And the cast squeezes all the laughs out of every line. This is is the comedy of manners made by experts; the kind of grown up frou-frou that Lubitsch used to make.

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