The Palm Beach Story (1942)

  • NR
  • 12/09/1942 (US)
  • Comedy, Romance
  • 1h 28m

Love is fickle! Love is is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!

Overview

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

Preston Sturges

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Claudette Colbert's headshot

Claudette Colbert

Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
Joel McCrea's headshot

Joel McCrea

Tom Jeffers
Mary Astor's headshot

Mary Astor

The Princess Centimillia
Rudy Vallee's headshot

Rudy Vallee

John D. Hackensacker III
Sig Arno's headshot

Sig Arno

Toto
Robert Warwick's headshot

Robert Warwick

Mr. Hinch
Arthur Stuart Hull's headshot

Arthur Stuart Hull

Mr. Osmond
Torben Meyer's headshot

Torben Meyer

Dr. Kluck

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