An Ideal Husband

Name: An Ideal Husband
Director: Rudolph Cartier
Released: 1969
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Margaret Leighton, Keith Michell, Jeremy Brett, Dinah Sheridan, Susan Hampshire

1969 · 82 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 194 VOTES · DIR. Rudolph Cartier

Overview

Set during the London season of 1895, An Ideal Husband is a dazzling blend of farce and morality that explores human frailty and social hypocrisy Sir Robert Chilterns secret is discovered and exposed. He is accused of having exploited government secrets for his own gain early in his political career. With this revelation from Mrs. Cheveley comes the threat of blackmail and the ruin of Sir Robert's career. Yet in order to be a successful blackmailer, one's own reputation must be beyond reproach.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,368 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 Have you got my second buttonhole, Phipps?

00:03:40 I did not know that she had married a second time.

00:06:45 Oh, politics are my only pleasure.

00:09:39 I think Lady Markby brought her. Why do you ask?

00:12:53 It gave us direct route to India. It had imperial value.

00:16:14 What letter?

00:19:41 Thank you. I knew we should come to an amicable agreement.

00:23:04 - Good night, Gertrude. - Good night, my dear.

00:27:05 You will write to Mrs Cheveley and tell her

00:31:23 for he said that if ever I could give him any private information of real value

00:34:50 No, please don't! It is so pretty.

00:38:02 or the Lambeth Conference or something equally boring.

00:41:11 losing in the pump room a handsome bracelet my husband had given me.

00:44:50 Look at him. Can he deny it?

00:49:01 - I want to have a serious conversation. - But, Father, it is after seven.

00:52:49 You would probably make a very poor choice.

00:56:06 The debate on the Argentine canal is to begin at eleven.

00:59:55 And you threw me over, because you saw... or said you saw...

01:03:43 For the privilege of being your wife...

01:07:34 This is it?

01:11:46 Only people who look dull ever get into the House.

01:14:55 Oh, my dear. And I was so awfully afraid of being refused.

01:17:59 - Is he in the house now? - Yes.

01:21:17 Luncheon is on the table, my lady.

Cast & Characters

Margaret Leighton Mrs. Cheveley Keith Michell Sir Robert Chiltern Jeremy Brett Vicount Goring Dinah Sheridan Lady Chiltern Susan Hampshire Mabel Chiltern Charles Carson The Earl of Caversham Zena Dare Lady Markby Magda Miller Lady Basildon Penelope Lee Mrs. Marchmont Michel Faure Vicomte de Nanjac

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,368

Dialogue density16.7 lines / min

First line00:00:01

Final line01:21:17

Production Record

DirectorRudolph Cartier

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes194