The Lady Eve
7.2
373 reviews
Comedy/Romance
1h 37m
1941
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....
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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.
- DirectorPreston Sturges
- Release25 February 1941
- Genre
- Duration1h 37m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate7.2373 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Jean Harrington
Henry Fonda
Charles Pike
Charles Coburn
'Colonel' Harrington
Eugene Pallette
Horace Pike
William Demarest
Muggsy
Eric Blore
Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
Melville Cooper
Gerald
Martha O'Driscoll
Martha
Janet Beecher
Janet Pike
Robert Greig
Burrows
Dora Clement
Gertrude
Luis Alberni
Emile, Pike's chef
Bobby Barber
Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bertram Marburgh
Party Guest (uncredited)
George Melford
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gayne Whitman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mary Akin
Passenger on Ship (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham
Passenger on Ship (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Passenger on Ship (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Passenger on Ship (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Husband on Ship (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Husband on Ship (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Husband on Ship (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston
Lawyer (uncredited)
Julius Tannen
Lawyer (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office (uncredited)
Ambrose Barker
Mac (uncredited)
Al Bridge
First Steward (uncredited)
Ken Carpenter
Himself - Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Third Steward (uncredited)
Nell Craig
Ship Passenger at Railing (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler
Mother on Ship (uncredited)
Harry Depp
Man with Glasses on Ship (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
John Hartley
Young Man on Ship (uncredited)
Jack Richardson
Father of Girl on Ship (uncredited)
Wanda McKay
Daughter on Ship (uncredited)
Ella Neal
Daughter on Ship (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Mr. Clink - Purser (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Diner on Ship (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Diner on Ship (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Diner on Ship (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Bartender at Pike's Party (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Lady Wrestler Type on Ship (uncredited)
Jean Phillips
Sweetie (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Second Steward (uncredited)
Frances Raymond
Old Lady on Ship (uncredited)
Harry Rosenthal
Piano Tuner (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
Professor Jones (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Jeweler (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
One of Pike's Cooks (uncredited)
Pat West
Ship's Bartender (uncredited)
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