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{{short description|1955 film by Sidney Gilliat}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Constant Husband
| image = The_Constant_Husband_DVD_cover_2010.jpg
| caption = DVD cover based on the original UK film poster
| director = [[Sidney Gilliat]]
| writer = Sidney Gilliat [[Val Valentine]]
| producer = Sidney Gilliat [[Frank Launder]]
| starring = [[Rex Harrison]] [[Margaret Leighton]] [[Kay Kendall]] [[Cecil Parker]]
| cinematography = [[Edward Scaife]]
| music = [[Malcolm Arnold]]
| studio = Individual Pictures Ltd
| distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}}
| released = {{film date|df=y|1955|04|21|UK<ref name=TimesDigital>The Times, 21 April 1955, page 2: ''World premiere of "The Constant Husband" at the London Pavilion'' – found in The Times Digital Archive (subscription required) 2014-07-25</ref>}}
| runtime = 88 min
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| gross = £162,649 {{small|(UK)}}<ref>Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p506</ref>
}}

'''''The Constant Husband''''' is a 1955 [[UK|British]] [[comedy film]], directed by [[Sidney Gilliat]] and starring [[Rex Harrison]], [[Margaret Leighton]], [[Kay Kendall]], [[Cecil Parker]], [[George Cole (actor)|George Cole]] and [[Raymond Huntley]]. The story was written by Gilliat together with [[Val Valentine]], and the film was produced by Individual Pictures, Gilliat's and [[Frank Launder]]'s joint production company. Because the film got caught up in the 1954 bankruptcy of [[British Lion Film Corporation]], it was not released until more than seven months after it had been finished and reviewed by the [[British Board of Film Censors]].

==Plot==
A man (Rex Harrison) wakes up in a hotel room in [[Wales]], suffering from [[amnesia]]. He has no recollection of who he is, why he is there, or where he comes from. With the help of psychologist Doctor Llewellyn (Cecil Parker), they trace a wife and home in [[London]], but they go on to discover that she is just one of many women whom he has [[Bigamy|bigamously]] married.

==Main cast==
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* [[Rex Harrison]] as William Egerton
* [[Cecil Parker]] as Llewellyn
* Sally Lahee as The Nurse
* [[Kay Kendall]] as Monica Hathaway
* [[Nicole Maurey]] as Lola
* [[Valerie French (actress)|Valerie French]] as Bridget
* [[Ursula Howells]] as Ann
* [[Jill Adams]] as Joanna Brent
* Roma Dunville as Elizabeth
* [[Robert Coote]] as Jack Carter
* [[Raymond Huntley]] as J.F. Hassett
* [[Noel Hood]] as Gladys
* [[Eric Pohlmann]] as Papa Sopranelli
* [[Marie Burke]] as Mama Sopraneli
* [[George Cole (actor)|George Cole]] as Luigi Sopranelli
* Derek Sydney as Giorgio Sopranelli
* [[Guy Deghy]] as Stromboli
* [[Margaret Leighton]] as Miss Chesterman
* [[Eric Berry (actor)|Eric Berry]] as Counsel for the Prosecution
* [[Michael Hordern]] as Judge
* [[Charles Lloyd-Pack]] as The Solicitor
* [[Arthur Howard]] as Clerk of the Court
* [[John Robinson (English actor)|John Robinson]] as Secretary
* [[Michael Ripper]] as Left Luggage Attendant
* [[Muriel Young]] as Clara
* [[Sam Kydd]] Uncredited
{{div col end}}

==Production==
The film was made in [[Shepperton Studios]], with shooting finished in early June 1954,<ref>The Times, 3 June 1954, page 2: ''Film production at Shepperton'' – found in The Times Digital Archive (subscription required) 2014-07-25</ref> just a week after the studio's owner and the film's intended distributor, [[British Lion Film Corporation]], went into receivership on 1 June 1954.<ref>The Times, 2 June 1954, page 6: ''Receiver for British Lion Film Corporation'' – found in The Times Digital Archive (subscription required) 2014-07-25</ref> The opening scenes were filmed on location at [[New Quay]] and [[Aberaeron]], [[Ceredigion]], [[Mid Wales]], and others at [[Kensington]], [[Millbank]], [[Wormwood Scrubs]], [[Holborn]], and [[St Paul's Cathedral|St. Paul's]], London.<ref>''[http://www.reelstreets.com/index.php/reelstreets-films?task=view&id=184 The Constant Husband]'' at reelstreets.com</ref> When the film was screened by the censors at [[BBFC]] on 10 September 1954, it was submitted by [[Frank Launder]]'s company Launder Productions, as it did not yet have a new distributor.<ref>[http://www.bbfc.co.uk/search/releases/any/any/any/any/any/0/any/any/aff006979/any/any/any/any?advanced=true BBFC: ''The Constant Husband (1954)''] Linked 2014-07-25</ref> In January 1955, Launder, Gilliat and the [[Boulting brothers]] formed a new company, British Lion Films Ltd., which took over the running of Shepperton as well as British Lion's distribution business, and the film finally received its world premiere at the [[London Pavilion]] on 21 April 1955.<ref name=TimesDigital/>

==Reception==
According to the [[National Film Finance Corporation]], the film made a comfortable profit.<ref>U.S. MONEY BEHIND 30% OF BRITISH FILMS: Problems for the Board of Trade
The Manchester Guardian (1901-1959) [Manchester (UK)] 4 May 1956: 7</ref>

==External links==
* {{BFI Explore|4ce2b6a7e6e42|The Constant Husband}}
* {{Screenonline title|513020|The Constant Husband}}
* {{BBFC title|aff006979|The Constant Husband}}
* {{IMDb title|tt0047948|The Constant Husband}}

==References==
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{{Launder and Gilliat}}

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[[Category:1955 films]]
[[Category:1955 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films about amnesia]]
[[Category:Films set in Wales]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sidney Gilliat]]
[[Category:Films scored by Malcolm Arnold]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]

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