Synopsis
In this pitch-black comedy from legendary writer-director Preston Sturges, Rex Harrison stars as Sir Alfred De Carter, a world-famous symphony conductor consumed with the suspicion that his wife is having an affair. During a concert, the jealous De Carter entertains elaborate visions of vengeance, set to three separate orchestral works. But when he attempts to put his murderous fantasies into action, nothing works out quite as planned. A brilliantly performed mixture of razor-sharp dialogue and uproarious slapstick, Unfaithfully Yours is a true classic from a grand master of screen comedy.
Cast
| Sir Alfred De Carter | Rex Harrison |
| Daphne De Carter | Linda Darnell |
| August Henshler | Rudy Vallee |
| Barbara Henshler | Barbara Lawrence |
| Anthony Windborn | Kurt Kreuger |
| Hugo Standoff | Lionel Stander |
| Detective Sweeney | Edgar Kennedy |
| House Detective | Alan Bridge |
Credits
| Director | Preston Sturges |
| Written, produced, and directed by | Preston Sturges |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Editing | Robert Fritch |
| Art direction | Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright |
| Musical direction | Alfred Newman |
| Sound | Roger Heman and Arthur L. Kirbach |
| Costume design | Bonnie Cashin |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by Sturges scholars James Harvey, Diane Jacobs, and Brian Henderson
- New video introduction by writer-director Terry Jones
- New video interview with Sturges’s widow Sandy Sturges
- Gallery featuring rare production correspondence and stills
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Plus: a new essay by novelist Jonathan Lethem
From the Current
Unfaithfully Yours:
Zeno, Achilles, and Sir Alfred
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Jul 11, 2005
Unfaithfully Yours is the outlier among Sturges's masterpieces. The first seven were unveiled in an improbable stretch, from 1940 to 1943, when he seemed incapable of doing wrong, and they were to varying degrees hits, while Unfaithfully Yours bled the studio that . . .
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