French Without Tears (film)

French Without Tears
French Without Tears
	Film poster
Directed by	Anthony Asquith
Written by	Ian Dalrymple; Anatole de Grunwald; Terence Rattigan
Produced by	Mario Zampi
Starring	Ray Milland
Cinematography	Bernard Knowles
Edited by	David Lean
Music by	Nicholas Brodszky; Clive Richardson (uncredited)
Production; company	Two Cities Films
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	24 February 1940;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Directed byAnthony Asquith

Written byIan Dalrymple
Anatole de Grunwald
Terence Rattigan

Produced byMario Zampi

StarringRay Milland

French Without Tears is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Ray Milland. It was based on the 1936 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan, who also co-wrote the script. An on-off working relationship between Asquith and Rattigan began with this film and continued over the next 15 years.^[1]^[2]

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v t e Works by Terence Rattigan
Plays	First Episode (1933) A Tale of Two Cities (1935) French Without Tears (1936) After the Dance (1939) Follow My Leader (1940) Grey Farm (1940) Flare Path (1942) While the Sun Shines (1943) Love In Idleness (1944) The Winslow Boy (1946) The Browning Version (1948) Harlequinade (1948) Adventure Story (1949) Who Is Sylvia? (1950) The Deep Blue Sea (1952) The Sleeping Prince (1953) Separate Tables (1954) Variation on a Theme (1958) Ross (1960) Man and Boy (1963) A Bequest to the Nation (1970) In Praise of Love (1973) Before Dawn (1973) All on Her Own (1974) Cause Célèbre (1975/77)
Films and TV	The Belles of St. Clements (1936) Gypsy (1937) French Without Tears (1940) Quiet Wedding (1941) The Day Will Dawn (1942) Uncensored (1942) English Without Tears (1944) The Way to the Stars (1945) While the Sun Shines (1947) Brighton Rock (1947) Bond Street (1948) The Winslow Boy (1948) The Browning Version (1951) The Sound Barrier (1952) The Final Test (1953) The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) The Deep Blue Sea (1955) The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) Separate Tables (1958) Adventure Story (1961) Heart to Heart (1962) The V.I.P.s (1963) The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) Nelson (1966) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Bequest to the Nation (1973) The Browning Version (1994) The Winslow Boy (1999) The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
Related works	French Without Tears (1960) The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963)

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