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Woman Hater (1948)

Woman Hater poster
Directed by
Terence Young
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
16
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British lord makes a bet with his friends that he can romance a French film star. He pretends to be his own employee to win her over, but she finds out and plays a trick on him in return.

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What happens

Woman Hater is a 1948 British romantic comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Stewart Granger, Edwige Feuillère and Ronald Squire. The screenplay was by Nicholas Phipps and Robert Westerby and concerns Lord Datchett, who, as a consequence of a bet with his friends, invites French film star Colette Marly to stay at his house but pretends to be one of his employees while he tries to romance her with the help of his butler Jameson. When she discovers his subterfuge, she decides to turn the tables on him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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