The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband
DVD cover based on the original UK film poster
Directed bySidney Gilliat
Written bySidney Gilliat
Val Valentine
Produced bySidney Gilliat
Frank Launder
StarringRex Harrison
Margaret Leighton
Kay Kendall
Cecil Parker
CinematographyEdward Scaife
Music byMalcolm Arnold
Production
company
Individual Pictures Ltd
Distributed byBritish Lion Films (UK)
Release date
  • 21 April 1955 (1955-04-21) (UK[1])
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£162,649 (UK)[2]

The Constant Husband is a 1955 British comedy film, directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall, Cecil Parker, George Cole and Raymond Huntley.[3] 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.

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p506
  3. ^ "The Constant Husband". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 9 August 2024.