The Truth about Women

A bizarre charade directed by Muriel Box, in which Laurence Harvey plays a sort of Don Juan character, recalling his amorous, exotic adventures in Arabia, Paris, London, New York, the First World War and beyond. The moral is that one's first love is the only love that matters - aaah! - but the problem here is that Harvey is also something of a cold fish, brilliant as the man on the make in Room at the Top but not overly furnished with plain, old-fashioned charm. The women (Julie Harris, Diane Cilento, Mai Zetterling among them) make the most of their extended cameos, servicing the hero (so to speak) and posing in their Cecil Beaton costumes.