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The Naked Truth

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The Naked Truth - 1957 | 88 mins | Comedy | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Mario Zampi.
Producer: Mario Zampi.
Associate Producer: Giulio Zampi.
Script: Mario Zampi.
Cinematography: Stanley Pavey.
Editing: Bill Lewthwaite.
Art Direction: Ivan King.
Production Design: John Workman.
Makeup Department: Stuart Freeborn and Pearl Tipaldi.
Sound Department: Malcolm Cooke and Fred Ryan.
Original Music: Stanley Black

The Cast

Terry-Thomas - Lord Henry Mayley
Peter Sellers - Sonny MacGregor
Peggy Mount - Flora Ransom
Shirley Eaton - Melissa Right
Dennis Price - Nigel Dennis
Georgina Cookson - Lady Lucy Mayley
Joan Sims - Ethel Ransom
Miles Malleson - Rev. Cedric Bastable

Plot Synopsis

An offbeat black comedy starring Dennis Price as Nigel Dennis, the editor of a celebrity exposé magazine entitled "The Naked Truth", in which the public can read all the latest scandal surrounding the lives of celebrities. He tries to blackmail a group of well-known figures rather than print their embarrassments in his magazine, Lord Henry Mayley (Terry-Thomas), who's a peer and insurance racketeer; Flora Ransom (Peggy Mount), a writer; Melissa Right (Shirley Eaton), a model; and Sonny MacGregor (Peter Sellers), a popular TV personality. They all try individually to bump off Price but fail. Eventually, after joining forces, they break him from jail to smuggle out f the country, fearful that he will tell their stories as part of his trial. During the final leg of the journey aboard a blimp, Price manages to accomplish by accident what his victims have been trying to do to him on purpose.