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The Man Who Understood Women

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The Man Who Understood Women
Theatrical release lobby card
Directed byNunnally Johnson
Screenplay byNunnally Johnson
Based onLes Couleurs du jour
1952 novel
by Romain Gary
Produced byNunnally Johnson
StarringHenry Fonda
Leslie Caron
Cesare Danova
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Edited byMarjorie Fowler
Music byRobert Emmett Dolan
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • October 2, 1959 (1959-10-02) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,775,000[1]

The Man Who Understood Women is a 1959 American comedy drama film written and directed by Nunnally Johnson from a novel by Romain Gary, and starring Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron and Cesare Danova, with a brief cameo by French singer Renate Hoy.

Plot

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Willie Bauche, a Hollywood producer, becomes so obsessed with turning his wife, Ann Garantier, into the sexiest star in Hollywood that he neglects her real needs. Feeling lonely and tired of Tinseltown, Ann returns to her native France and finds herself attracted to Marco Ranieri, a handsome and very attentive pilot. When Willie hears about the budding affair, he flies into a rage and hires assassins to kill his rival. Unfortunately for him, one of the killers is a romantic and decides that Ann and Marco are so in love that both must die so they can always be together. When Willie finds out, he rushes over to France to try to save his wife.

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References

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  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p252
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