The Constant Husband is a 1955 British comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Sidney Gilliat

Sidney Gilliat

Sidney Gilliat was an English film director, producer and writer.He was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes for Alfred Hitchcock, and its sequel Night Train to Munich , directed by...

 and starring Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison

Sir Reginald Carey “Rex” Harrison was an English actor of stage and screen. Harrison won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards.-Youth and stage career:...

, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall

Kay Kendall

Kay Kendall was an English actress.Kendall began her film career in the 1946 musical London Town. Though the film was a financial failure, Kendall continued to work regularly until her appearance in the comedy Genevieve brought her widespread recognition...

, Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969....

, George Cole and Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley was an English actor who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s through to the 1970s...

.

Plot

A man (Rex Harrison) wakes up in a hotel room in Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, suffering from amnesia

Amnesia

Amnesia is a condition in which one's memory is lost. The causes of amnesia have traditionally been divided into categories. Memory appears to be stored in several parts of the limbic system of the brain, and any condition that interferes with the function of this system can cause amnesia...

. He has no recollection of who he is or where he comes from. With the help of mental specialist Doctor Llewellyn (Cecil Parker), he manages to trace himself back to his wife and home in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, but soon discovers that they are just one of many wives and homes all over the country.

Cast

• Rex Harrison
  Rex Harrison
  Sir Reginald Carey “Rex” Harrison was an English actor of stage and screen. Harrison won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards.-Youth and stage career:...
  
   as William Egerton
• Margaret Leighton as Miss Chesterman
• Kay Kendall
  Kay Kendall
  Kay Kendall was an English actress.Kendall began her film career in the 1946 musical London Town. Though the film was a financial failure, Kendall continued to work regularly until her appearance in the comedy Genevieve brought her widespread recognition...
  
   as Monica Hathaway
• Cecil Parker
  Cecil Parker
  Cecil Parker was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969....
  
   as Llewellyn
• Nicole Maurey
  Nicole Maurey
  Nicole Maurey is a French actress, who has appeared in 65 film and television productions between 1945 and 1997. Born in Bois-Colombes, a northwestern suburb of Paris, she was originally a dancer before being cast in her first film role in 1944...
  
   as Lola
• George Cole as Luigi Sopranelli
• Raymond Huntley
  Raymond Huntley
  Raymond Huntley was an English actor who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s through to the 1970s...
  
   as J.F. Hassett
• Michael Hordern
  Michael Hordern
  Sir Michael Murray Hordern was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which stretched back to before the Second World War.-Personal life:...
  
   as Judge
• Robert Coote
  Robert Coote
  Robert Coote was an English actor. He played aristocrats or British military types in many films, and created the role of Colonel Hugh Pickering in the long-running original Broadway production of My Fair Lady.-Biography:Coote was educated at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex...
  
   as Jack Carter
• Eric Pohlmann
  Eric Pohlmann
  Eric Pohlmann was an Austrian theatre, film and television character actor.Born Erich Pollak in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, he was a classically trained actor who studied under the renowned director Max Reinhardt...
  
   as Papa Sopranelli
• Marie Burke as Mama Sopraneli
• Valerie French
  Valerie French (actress)
  Valerie French was a British film actress and later stage actress beginning in the 1950s.-Career:Born Valerie Harrison in London, England, French entered into film acting in her early 20s, with her first film appearance being in the 1954 film Maddalena...
  
   as Bridget
• Jill Adams
  Jill Adams
  Jill Adams was an English actress artist and fashion model. She featured or starred in over 25 films during the 1950s and 1960s....
  
   as Miss Brent
• Muriel Young
  Muriel Young
  Muriel Young was a British television continuity announcer, presenter and producer.-Early life:...
  
   as Clara
• John Robinson
  John Robinson (actor)
  John Robinson was an English actor, who was particularly active in the theatre. Mostly cast in minor and supporting roles in film and television, he is best remembered for being the second actor to play the famous television science-fiction role of Professor Bernard Quatermass, in the 1955 BBC...
  
  as Secretary