Totuutta harrastava valehtelija

Original title: Nothing But the Truth

19411941
K-16K-16
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

768

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Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard in Totuutta harrastava valehtelija (1941)

Action Comedy Romance

A stockbroker's new partner bets $10,000 that he can only tell the truth for twenty-four hours.A stockbroker's new partner bets $10,000 that he can only tell the truth for twenty-four hours.A stockbroker's new partner bets $10,000 that he can only tell the truth for twenty-four hours.

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

768

YOUR RATING

Director
- Elliott Nugent
Writers
- Don Hartman(screenplay)
- Ken Englund(screenplay)
- Frederic S. Isham(novel)
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Trivia
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and was not televised until many years later.

Quotes
Samuel: I'm unprepared for a weekend like this. All I brought was my suntan oil.
Steve Bennett: Suntan oil, you're gilding the lily. What do you want with suntan oil?
Samuel: I freckle.

Crazy credits
The opening title card says: Miami Beach, Florida It's replaced by a second title card that says: Miami Beach, Florida ....Wall Street with cocoanuts.

Connections
Followed by Et døgn uden løgn (1963)

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Hope and Goddard

Bob Hope swears he will tell "Nothing but the Truth" in this 1941 comedy also starring Paulette Goddard, Edward Arnold, Helen Vinson, Leif Erickson, and Willie Best. This was Hope's and Goddard's third film together. They made a good team.

Hope plays a broker, Steve Bennett, who agrees to invest Goddard's money for a charity and double it. He's not sure how to do it until he gets into a discussion with his fellow brokers about lying versus telling the truth. Steve feels the same things can be accomplished by the truth rather than lying. He puts up his $10,000 to bet that he can tell the truth for 24 hours.

It's not going to be easy, and seeing Hope forced to tell the truth in social situations is pretty funny. When he is asked if a matronly woman looks 30, he answers in Spanish but eventually is forced to translate -- to paraphrase, no way can she look 30. When his fellow brokers find a sexy black nightgown in his apartment, Steve admits it's his from a college show.

Most of the film takes place on a yacht, where, thanks to truth-telling, there is a lot of misunderstanding, hiding, and sneaking around.

Hope is cute and funny, and Goddard is gorgeous and vivacious. Entertaining film, based on a play from the World War I era.

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