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The Lady Eve

Name: The Lady Eve
Director: Preston Sturges
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1941
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

1941 · Directed by Preston Sturges · 97 min · Comedy · Romance · 19 frames

Tagline

When you deal a fast shuffle, love is in the cards.

Crew

Screenplay: Preston Sturges
Cinematography: Victor Milner
Edited by: Stuart Gilmore
Produced by: Albert Lewin, Buddy G. DeSylva, Paul Jones

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck as Jean Harrington
Henry Fonda as Charles Pike
Charles Coburn as 'Colonel' Harrington
Eugene Pallette as Horace Pike
William Demarest as Muggsy
Eric Blore as Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
Melville Cooper as Gerald
Martha O'Driscoll as Martha
Janet Beecher as Janet Pike
Robert Greig as Burrows

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Paramount Pictures
Budget: $660,000
Themes: daughter, ship, snake, gambling, passenger, fraud, romcom, deception, con artist, money

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