Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Spikeopath The Naked Truth is a funny and wicked satire of the tabloid-press industry and celebrity culture. The story follows four celebrities Sonny MacGregor {Peter Sellers}, Lord Mayley {Terry-Thomas}, Melissa Right {Shirley Eaton} and Flora Ransom {Peggy Mount}. Each of them being blackmailed by unscrupulous magazine reporter Nigel Dennis {Dennis Price}. Who if his demands aren't met will publish damning stories that will kill of the respective careers off the celebrities.Cue a unified target of the four, one thing in common, to kill the oblivious Dennis. This is wonderfully set up for a number of excellent, and well constructed attempts at assassinating the bounder and cad reporter. But naturally, not all is going to go to plan, with the assassins being their own worst enemy at times. As can be expected with this cast list {Joan Sims also appears} it's acted with no little comic gravitas and the direction from Mario Zampi is smooth and at ease with the material. A tidy enough British comedy, that's even black at times, even if it fails to truly reach the great heights that its cast list suggests it should. 6/10

blanche-2 A blackmailing tabloid publisher (Dennis Price) becomes the target of various murder plots by his victims in "Your Past is Showing," also known as "The Naked Truth," a 1957 British film starring Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, and Joan Sims. Price is Nigel Dennis, whose paper, The Naked Truth, is prepared to print damaging stories unless Nigel receives a 10,000 pound contribution to his favorite charity - himself. Among his victims are a lord (Terry-Thomas), an entertainer (Sellers), a murder mystery writer (Mount), and a model (Eaton). The writer decides on murder by drowning, the entertainer wants to plant a bomb, and the model wants to go to the police.A very funny concept with some good scenes, "The Naked Truth" suffers from uneven performances and a script that could have been a lot better. Peggy Mount and Joan Sims are way, way over the top in their portrayals of the writer and her nervous daughter. Sellers and Terry-Thomas, on the other hand, give very balanced performances and are quite funny.Enjoyable, but one wishes it was just a notch or two better.

moonspinner55 Michael Pertwee penned this original screenplay about a British blackmailer threatening to expose celebrity secrets in a new publication inspired by the American scandal sheets. Comedy begins well, but doesn't have an incisive nature...nor a desire to bring out the darkly humorous ideas hinted at in the premise. Peter Sellers--cast as a popular television personality with blue-hairs--has his patented maniacal gleam and nervous smile, but not many jokes to work with, while hammy Terry-Thomas is mostly held in check (both actors might have been better used portraying the blackmailer). Supporting players are equally at a loss, though everyone tries hard. Picture doesn't look especially good, and it fails to give us a persuasive sense of time and place, falling apart after 20 minutes in. Released Stateside as "Your Past Is Showing". *1/2 from ****

sarah-tarrant Go on we all like to read a bit of gossip about people in the media spotlight. But what if someone has uncovered something decidedly unflattering that the person concerned does not want to be revealed. Welcome to the delightful black comedic premise of late 50s 88 min comedy film "The Naked Truth". With his typical iconic roguish person it's another excellent performance from that British cad Terry Thomas as Lord Mayley. His pivotal scene exemplifying the premise occurs during his conversation with Nigel Dennis (played with well educated, unscrupulous brilliance by Dennis Price) when he looks over a copy of the scandalous publication, initially salivating at the prospect of what he might read. His demeanour soon changes when he finds that surreptitiously he is the main object of intrigue. For me, good though he is, he is easily overshadowed by the acting genius of Peter Sellers whom excels as television audience favourite 'Wee Sonny McGregor' a fake Scots entertainer with an ability to create a wealth of characters. Amongst the ones we see are the elderly canal boat inspector and a quite ridiculous over the top Irishman, no wonder he gets punched by a Dublin pub customer for taking the micky! Also worthy of praise is Peggy Mount as the anxious, desperate authoress Flora Ransom and her extremely nervous daughter Ethel played by Joan Sims. Delighted to finally nab a DVD copy of this bright and breezy comedy (which benefits from a jaunty moving incidental music score) earlier this week and was pleasantly surprised that you also get an approx 2 min trailer which perfectly captures the manic mood of a movie whose premise is as relevant today as it was on its original release. Definitely one of the best black and white British film comedies and is well worth adding to your collection!