Movie · 1957
The Naked Truth
“Terrific... Shocking... Scandalous...”
Released 3 December 1957 91 min Comedy More from 1957 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...
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How old were they?
Henry Hewitt
as Gunsmith
Miles Malleson
as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
Wally Patch
as Fred
John Stuart
as Police Inspector
Raymond Rollett
as Pub Landlord (uncredited)
Jerold Wells
as 1st Irishman (uncredited)
Terry-Thomas
as Lord Henry Mayley
Dennis Price
as Nigel Dennis
Peggy Mount
as Flora Ransom
Tom Gill
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Georgina Cookson
as Lady Lucy Mayley
Kenneth Griffith
as Porter
David Lodge
as PC Johnson
Peter Sellers
as "Wee" Sonny MacGregor
Joan Sims
as Ethel Ransom
Bill Edwards
as Bill Murphy
Shirley Eaton
as Melissa Right
Joan Hurley
as Désirée Mensch aka D. Mandeville
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The numbers
51years between the oldest and youngest billed
71Henry Hewitt — oldest on the call sheet
20Shirley Eaton — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast