The Man Who Understood Women
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Directed by	Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay by	Nunnally Johnson
Based on	Les Couleurs du jour 1952 novel by Romain Gary
Produced by	Nunnally Johnson
Starring	Henry Fonda Leslie Caron Cesare Danova
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	Marjorie Fowler
Music by	Robert Emmett Dolan
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	October 2, 1959 (1959-10-02) (United States)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,775,000 [1]

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 French singer Renate Hoy.

Plot

Willie Bauche, a Hollywood producer, becomes so obsessed with turning his wife, Ann Garantier, into the sexiest star in Hollywood that he neglects her real needs. Feeling lonely and tired of Tinseltown, Ann returns to her native France and finds herself attracted to Marco Ranieri, a handsome and very attentive pilot. When Willie hears about the budding affair, he flies into a rage and hires assassins to kill his rival. Unfortunately for him, one of the killers is a romantic and decides that Ann and Marco are so in love that both must die so they can always be together. When Willie finds out, he rushes over to France to try to save his wife.

Cast

• Henry Fonda as Bauche
• Leslie Caron as Ann
• Cesare Danova as Marco
• Conrad Nagel as Brody
• Myron McCormick as the Preacher

See also

• List of American films of 1959

References

External links

• The Man Who Understood Women at IMDb
• The Man Who Understood Women at the TCM Movie Database

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