The Lady Eve (1941)

  • NR
  • 02/25/1941 (US)
  • Comedy, Romance
  • 1h 37m

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

Overview

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.

Preston Sturges

Director, Screenplay

Monckton Hoffe

Story

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck's headshot

Barbara Stanwyck

Jean Harrington
Henry Fonda's headshot

Henry Fonda

Charles Pike
Charles Coburn's headshot

Charles Coburn

'Colonel' Harrington
Eugene Pallette's headshot

Eugene Pallette

Horace Pike
William Demarest's headshot

William Demarest

Muggsy
Eric Blore's headshot

Eric Blore

Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
Melville Cooper's headshot

Melville Cooper

Gerald
Martha O'Driscoll's headshot

Martha O'Driscoll

Martha

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