Nothing But the Truth (1941 film)

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Nothing But the Truth (1941 film) is a screwball comedy in which Paulette Goddard co-stars in a farcical story about a man who must tell the absolute truth for 24 hours, leading to a cascade of humorous complications.

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instanceOf film
screwball comedy film
authorOfSourceWork Frederic S. Isham NERFINISHED
basedOn Nothing But the Truth (1914 novel)
Nothing But the Truth (1916 play)
cinematographyBy Charles Lang
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Elliott Nugent
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy Doane Harrison
featuresCharacter Bob Bennett
Gwen Saunders
T. T. Ralston
follows Nothing But the Truth (1941 film) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nothing But the Truth (1929 film)
format black-and-white film
genre comedy film
screwball comedy
hasColor black and white
hasTheme financial speculation
romantic misunderstanding
truth-telling bet
leadActor Bob Hope
leadActress Paulette Goddard
medium theatrical feature film
musicBy Victor Young
narrativeFocus consequences of compulsive honesty
narrativeLocation Miami
surface form: Miami, Florida
originalLanguage English
partOf Crosby–Hope comedy team
surface form: Bob Hope–Paulette Goddard collaborations
playwrightOfSourceWork James Montgomery
plotSummary A stockbroker’s associate bets he can tell the absolute truth for 24 hours, causing a series of comic misunderstandings and complications.
producer Buddy DeSylva
surface form: Buddy G. DeSylva
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
productionStatus completed film
releaseYear 1941
runtimeMinutes 90
screenwriter Don Hartman
Ken Englund
setInPeriod contemporary 1940s United States
starring Bob Hope
Edward Arnold
Helen Vinson
Leif Erickson
Paulette Goddard
Willie Best

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Paulette Goddard starredIn Nothing But the Truth (1941 film)
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