The Truth (1960 film) box office hit in France, Bardot's biggest ever success at the box office and the third most popular film of the year (after "Ben Hur" and "Le Bossu"). The "Los Angeles Times" called the film "an amazing picture, a tour de force from all concerned. It is at once immoral, amoral and strangely moral." The Truth (1960 film) The Truth () is a 1960 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Brigitte Bardot. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Dominique Marceau is a young Frenchwoman on trial for killing her lover, Gilbert.
Ramon Novarro contemporary, John Gilbert, as a leading man. He was popular as a swashbuckler in action roles and considered one of the great romantic lead actors of his day. Novarro appeared with Norma Shearer in "The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg" (1927) and with Joan Crawford in "Across to Singapore" (1928). He made his first talking film, starring as a singing French soldier, in "Devil-May-Care" (1929). He starred with Dorothy Janis in "The Pagan" (1929), with Greta Garbo in "Mata Hari" (1931), with Myrna Loy in "The Barbarian" (1933) and opposite Lupe Vélez in "Laughing Boy" (1934). When his contract with