Constant Husband, The (1955)

This sparkling Launder-Gilliat comedy has a well-bred Englishman (Rex Harrison) waking in a hotel bedroom in Wales suffering from amnesia.

He sets out to find his identity with the help of Professor Llewellyn (Cecil Parker). He tracks down his successful fashion photographer wife (Kay Kendall) but soon learns that the hush-hush job at the Ministry of Munitions she saw him leave for every morning does not exist.

When he discovers that he, in fact, the perfect husband – six times over – he is appalled by his past and brought to court for bigamy. Such is his charm that all his normally intelligent wives pay for his defence and declare they would gladly take him back.

Cecil Parker and George Cole are excellent in their wittily-written roles as psychiatrist and tempestuous Italian, respectively.

It’s bright, saucy and, at times, a riot.

The Patient
Rex Harrison
Professor Llewellyn 
Cecil Parker
Nurse
Sally Lahee
Monica
Kay Kendall
Lola
Nicole Maurey
Bridget
Valerie French
Ann
Ursula Howells
Joanna
Jill Adams
Elizabeth
Roma Dumville
The Best Man
Robert Coote
The Boss
Raymond Huntley
Gladys
Noel Hood
Papa Sopranelli
Eric Pohlmann
Moma Sopraneli
Marie Burke
Luigi Sopranelli
George Cole
Giorgio Sopranelli
Derek Sydney
Stromboli
Guy Deghy
Counsel for the Defence
Margaret Leighton
Counsel for the Prosecution
Eric Berry
The Judge
Michael Hordern
The Solicitor
Charles Lloyd Pack
Clerk of the Court
Arthur Howard
Secretary
John Robinson
Left Luggage Attendant
Michael Ripper

Director
Sidney Gilliat