La pura verdad
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Cast & Crew
Manuel Romero
José Isbert
Enriqueta Serrano
Manuel Russell
María Brú
Goyita Herrero
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The Association for Social Action Against Nudity is holding a charity ball. Present at the event are the banker Lamberti, his wife, and daughter Emilia, the treasurer of the association. Emilia has a check for 250,000 francs and, in order not to lose it, entrusts it to a businessman. The next day the newspaper announces the latest financial scandal: the businessman has fled. Emilia asks her boyfriend Roberto for help, but as he doesn't have enough money, he consults the girl's father. The banker doesn't want to get involved but suggests that Roberto take charge of selling some worthless stocks by tricking the buyer. Before this proposition, Roberto had made a bet not to lie for an entire day. He now becomes the center of attraction for all interested in learning the truth about any delicate matter. A dancer has confessed to the banker's jealous wife that she has been the banker's lover ever since he seduced her as a young girl. Roberto, although still involved in the bet, denies to Emilia that the story about her father is true. The friends say that with this reply Roberto has lost the bet, but he proves to them that a day has in fact elapsed and that the bet is over.
Director
Manuel Romero
Cast
José Isbert
Enriqueta Serrano
Manuel Russell
María Brú
Goyita Herrero
Amalia De Isaura
José Soria
Manuel Vico
Pedro Valdivieso
Pilar Casteig
Pedro González
Antoñita Colomé
María González
Leda Ginelli
Gaby Morelle
Freddy Castel
Joaquín Carrasco
Pelayo Corgo
Ramón Portavella
Francisco Alarcón
José Sierra De Luna
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James Montgomery's play was based on the novel Nothing But the Truth by Frederic Stewart Isham. In 1929, Paramount released Nothing but the Truth, which was based on Montgomery's play. That film was directed by Victor Schertzinger and starred Richard Dix. Paramount's Joinville studio produced foreign-language versions of this film in French, Spanish and German in 1931, and the New York State censors approved the Spanish and German versions for exhibition in 1932, but no information has been located to suggest that the French version was ever shown in the U.S. No reviews were located for the Spanish or German versions. The German version, Die nackte Wahrheit, was directed by Karl Anton and starred Jenny Jugo and Oskar Karlweis. The running times were calculated from footage given in NYSA records. Rien que la verité, the French-language version, which opened in Paris on September 11, 1931, was directed by René Guissart and starred Meg Lemonnier and Saint-Granier. In 1939, a Swedish film entitled Rena rama sanningen, based on the play, was produced by Fribergs Filmbyrå. It was directed by Weyler Hildebrand and starred Erik "Bullen" Berglund and Tollie Zellman.
