{"id":16738,"date":"2011-04-22T21:31:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T04:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16738"},"modified":"2021-10-11T14:51:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T21:51:50","slug":"your-past-is-showing-a-k-a-the-naked-truth-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16738","title":{"rendered":"Your Past is Showing (a.k.a. The Naked Truth) (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Getting rid of people seems to be a hobby of yours!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Poster-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Poster-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Poster-89x128.jpg 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA game show host (Peter Sellers), a mystery writer (Peggy Mount), a model (Shirley Eaton), and a womanizing lord (Terry-Thomas) unsuccessfully try to murder the journalist (Dennis Price) who is blackmailing them.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Blackmail<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken Identities<\/li>\n<li>Peter Sellers Films<\/li>\n<li>Plot to Murder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe premise of this amiable British black comedy starts off with a bang, as Price&#8217;s unapologetically sleazy gossipmonger provokes consternation (or worse) in a bevy of celebrities with smear-worthy skeletons in their closets &#8212; until a small handful of his victims suddenly decide that enough is enough. The rest of the film is taken up with their various attempts (solo or collaborative) to &#8220;off&#8221; him, with Sellers having plenty of fun dressing up in various disguises, gap-toothed Terry-Thomas playing essentially a variation on his usual self, and gravelly-voiced Peggy Mount exhibiting fine comedic rapport with Joan Sims as her nervous-nellie daughter. Unfortunately, the one-note situation eventually wears out its welcome: it drags on for a bit too long, and (ironically) Price is gone too long off-screen. While it&#8217;s not must-see viewing for all film fanatics, however, fans of Sellers will surely want to see this early pivotal film in his career &#8212; one which afforded him his first leading role, and catapulted him to even greater fame. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Sellers as Sonny MacGregor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Sellers-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Sellers-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Sellers-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Sellers-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Sellers-1-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Sellers-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Sellers-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Sellers-1-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Sellers-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Peggy Mount and Joan Sims as as Flora and Ethel Ransom<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Mount-Sims-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Mount-Sims-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Mount-Sims-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Mount-Sims-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Mount-Sims-1-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Mount-Sims-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Mount-Sims-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Mount-Sims-1-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Your-Past-is-Showing-Mount-Sims-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth seeking out for one-time viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050749\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1284&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/22862\/your-past-is-showing#articles-reviews?articleId=79880\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Getting rid of people seems to be a hobby of yours!&#8221; Synopsis: A game show host (Peter Sellers), a mystery writer (Peggy Mount), a model (Shirley Eaton), and a womanizing lord (Terry-Thomas) unsuccessfully try to murder the journalist (Dennis Price) who is blackmailing them. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Blackmail Mistaken Identities Peter Sellers Films Plot to Murder Review: The premise of this amiable British black comedy starts off with a bang, as Price&#8217;s unapologetically sleazy gossipmonger provokes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16738\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16738"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77107,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16738\/revisions\/77107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}