adj.

Lacking discretion; injudicious: an indiscreet remark.

indiscreetly in'dis·creet'ly adv.
indiscreetness in'dis·creet'ness n.

adjective

Not wise: ill-advised, ill-considered, impolitic, imprudent, injudicious, unsound, unwise. See wise/foolish.

• Rating:
• Genre: Romance
• Movie Type: Sophisticated Comedy
• Themes: Otherwise Engaged
• Director: Stanley Donen
• Main Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, David Kossoff
• Release Year: 1958
• Country: US/UK
• Run Time: 105 minutes

Plot

Adapted by Norman Krasna from his play Kind Sir, Indiscreet stars Ingrid Bergman as a wealthy actress and Cary Grant as an international financial wizard. While Grant is visiting London, Bergman's sister Phyllis Calvert and brother-in-law Cecil Parker introduce Grant to Bergman. Because he feels he has no time for marriage, Grant pretends to be married to avoid romantic tangles. Bergman, however, finds the prospect of an affair with a married man to be quite exhilarating. When she discovers the truth, Bergman gets even with the now-smitten Grant by faking a romance with an ex-boy friend--ordering luckless chauffeur David Kossoff to pose as her beau. A comedy by grownups, about grownups and for grownups (at least by 1958 standards), Indiscreet proved to be far more successful as a film than as a stage play. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Review

Known at the time almost exclusively for directing and choreographing musicals, Stanley Donen did a fine job bringing 1958's Indiscreet to the screen. The tone and the scenario would have fit a musical quite well, but when you have Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant -- two of the most talented, attractive, and intelligent movie stars ever -- you don't bother with production numbers. Adapted by Norman Krasna from his own play, the material is clever and edgy (especially for the time) but pretty standard romantic comedy fare. Grant and Bergman, who had previously starred together in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious, elevate the film to particularly satisfying fun. Playing in the slightly risqué Indiscreet was a risky choice for Bergman, who had just recently (with 1956's Anastasia) been accepted back into American films following her affair with, marriage to, and then divorce from filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. Grant had begun to show his age a bit, as had Bergman, but he was still working steadily as the archetypal leading man. Indiscreet was the second of four movies that he made with Donen in a six-year period: Kiss Them For Me preceded it, while The Grass is Greener and the lovable Charade followed. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Cary Grant - Philip Adams
• Ingrid Bergman - Anna Kalman
• Cecil Parker - Alfred Munson
• Phyllis Calvert - Margaret Munson
• David Kossoff - Carl Banks

Megs Jenkins - Doris Banks; Oliver Johnston - Mr. Finleigh; Middleton Woods - Finleigh's Clerk; Michael Anthony - Oscar; Diane Clare; Frank Hawkins; Richard Vernon; Eric Francis

Credit

Don Ashton - Art Director; Richard Rodney Bennett - Composer (Music Score); Sammy Cahn - Songwriter; Stanley Donen - Director; Stanley Donen - Producer; Jack Harris - Editor; Kenneth V. Jones - Composer (Music Score); Norman Krasna - Screenwriter; Norman Krasna - Play Author; Muir Mathieson - Musical Direction/Supervision; Roy Parkinson - Production Manager; Jimmy Van Heusen - Songwriter; Freddie Young - Cinematographer; John O'Gorman - Makeup; Quintino - Costume Designer

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The Awful Truth; High Society; Holiday; Mr. & Mrs. Smith; The Philadelphia Story; Private Lives; We Were Dancing

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - indiskret, åbenmundet, taktløs, uklog, uforsigtig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onkies, onbescheiden, loslippig, onvoorzichtig

Français (French)
adj. - indiscret, peu judicieux, imprudent, inconsidéré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - indiskret, taktlos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδιάκριτος, φιλοπερίεργος, απρόσεκτος, ασύνετος

Italiano (Italian)
indiscreto, indelicato

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adj. - indiscreto

Русский (Russian)
нескромный, неблагоразумный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - indiscreto, imprudente

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adj. - indiskret, obetänksam, oförsiktig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
不慎重的, 轻率的

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adj. - 不慎重的, 輕率的

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adj. - 무분별한, 경솔한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 無思慮な, 無分別な, 軽率な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طائش, أحمق‏

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adj. - ‮לא שומר סוד, לא טקטי, לא זהיר, חסר שיקול-דעת, לא חכם‬

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