Woman Hater is a 1948 British romantic comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Stewart Granger, Edwige Feuillère and Ronald Squire.

[1] The screenplay concerns Lord Datchett, who, as a consequence of a bet with his friends, invites a French film star to stay at his house but pretends to be one of his employees while he tries to romance her with the help of his butler.

He is irritated when French film star Colette Marly arrives in London and takes the table in a restaurant where he wanted to sit.

After being challenged by a man at his club, Datchett decides to invite her to stay at his house, aiming to stage a "scientific experiment" and prove his theory.

In January 1948, it was announced Australian writer Alec Coppel had sold a story to Stewart Granger called Woman Hater.

[5] She was one of a number of French actors appearing in British films at the time, others including Mila Parély in Snowbound, Anne Vernon in Warning to Wantons, and Anouk Aimée in The Golden Salamander.

[6] Filming took started in March 1948, mostly taking place at Denham Studios with sets designed by the art director Carmen Dillon.

With Woman Hater the situations are too obviously contrived and the dialog so patently transparent that many of the frivolous interludes lose much of their value, and only serve to underline the thinness of the plot.