The Naked Truth (1957)

Directed by

Mario Zampi

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A blackmailer targets several people with a magazine. They each try to kill him but fail, so they arrange his escape from prison to stop him from exposing their secrets.

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What happens

The Naked Truth (U.S. title: Your Past Is Showing ) is a 1957 British black comedy film directed and produced by Mario Zampi, starring Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers and Dennis Price. The screenplay was by Michael Pertwee. In the film, a blackmailer with his own magazine threatens several potential victims. He survives several murder attempts by his victims, but is then arrested and placed on trial for an earlier crime. His victims conspire to break him out of prison and send him into exile before he reveals anything about their respective pasts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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