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The Man Who Understood Women (1959)

The Man Who Understood Women poster
Directed by
Nunnally Johnson
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
NR
Rating
3.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man who claims to understand women tries to help a naive actress improve her career and her love life. His schemes have unexpected consequences.

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What happens

The Man Who Understood Women is a 1959 American comedy drama film written and directed by Nunnally Johnson from a novel by Romain Gary, and starring Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron and Cesare Danova, with a brief cameo by Renate Hoy as a French singer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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