Everything but the Truth
{{Short description|1956 film by Jerry Hopper}}
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| image = Everything But The Truth.jpg
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| director = Jerry Hopper
| producer = Howard Christie
| screenplay = Herb Meadow
| story = Sheridan Gibney
Stanley Roberts
| starring = Maureen O'Hara
John Forsythe
Tim Hovey
| music = Milton Rosen
Irving Gertz
Henry Mancini
| cinematography = Maury Gertsman
| editing = Sherman Todd
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{film date|1956|12|1}}
| runtime = 83 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Everything but the Truth is a 1956 American Eastmancolor comedy film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Forsythe and Tim Hovey.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/everything-but-the-truth-v90692/|title = Everything but the Truth (1956) - Jerry Hopper | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}} Much of the film score was composed by Henry Mancini.Caps p.31 It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Plot
A schoolboy who has been urged to always tell the truth blurts out that an uncle of his has received a payoff from a politician. Chaos ensues, as teacher Joan Madison fights the school principal's decision to expel the boy from classes and enlists a newspaper columnist, Ernie Miller, to help support her cause.
Cast
- Maureen O'Hara as Joan Madison
- John Forsythe as Ernie Miller
- Tim Hovey as Willie Taylor
- Frank Faylen as Mac MCmillen
- Les Tremayne as Lawrence "Larry" Everett
- Philip Bourneuf as Mayor Benjamin 'Ben' Parker
- Jeanette Nolan as Miss Adelaide Dabney
- Paul Birch as Sen. Winter
- Addison Richards as Roger Connolly
- Barry Atwater as Arthur Taylor
- Roxanne Arlen as Blonde in Washroom
- Ray Walker as Doctor
- Howard Negley as Fred - School Board Chairman
- Dorothy Abbott as Hostess
- Philo McCullough as Senator
References
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Bibliography
- Caps, John. Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music. University of Illinois Press, 2012.
- Malone, Aubrey. Maureen O'Hara: The Biography. University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0049193}}
- {{TCMDb title|74280|Everything but the Truth}}
{{Jerry Hopper}}
Category:American comedy films
Category:Films directed by Jerry Hopper
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:Films scored by Irving Gertz
Category:Films scored by Henry Mancini
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