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An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

He just doesn't know it yet.

19996.51h 37m

Overview

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

Directed by Oliver Parker
Written by Oliver Parker, Oscar Wilde
Produced by Barnaby Thompson, Uri Fruchtmann, Bruce Davey
Box OfficeBudget: $14.0MRevenue: $18.5M

Top Cast

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Lady Gertrude Chiltern

Minnie Driver

Minnie Driver

Miss Mabel Chiltern

Rupert Everett

Rupert Everett

Lord Arthur Goring

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Mrs. Laura Cheveley

Jeremy Northam

Jeremy Northam

Sir Robert Chiltern

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Phipps

Ben Pullen

Ben Pullen

Tommy Trafford

Marsha Fitzalan

Marsha Fitzalan

Countess

Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan

Lady Markby

John Wood

John Wood

Lord Caversham

Themes & Keywords

blackmailbased on play or musicalsecurities, stocks and bonds british politicshouse of commonscommerce without conscience

About An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband is a drama, comedy, romance film released in 1999 exploring themes of blackmail, based on play or musical, securities, stocks and bonds , british politics, house of commons, commerce without conscience. Directed by Oliver Parker, it stars Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett. Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

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