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Feature film — 1941

The Lady Eve (1941)

7.31h 37mComedy — Romance

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.

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Director: Preston Sturges

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Cast & crew

Barbara Stanwyck as Jean Harrington

Barbara Stanwyck

Jean Harrington

Henry Fonda as Charles Pike

Henry Fonda

Charles Pike

Charles Coburn as 'Colonel' Harrington

Charles Coburn

'Colonel' Harrington

Eugene Pallette as Horace Pike

Eugene Pallette

Horace Pike

William Demarest as Muggsy

William Demarest

Muggsy

Eric Blore as Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith

Eric Blore

Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith

Melville Cooper as Gerald

Melville Cooper

Gerald

Martha O'Driscoll as Martha

Martha O'Driscoll

Martha

Janet Beecher as Janet Pike

Janet Beecher

Janet Pike

Robert Greig as Burrows

Robert Greig

Burrows

Dora Clement as Gertrude

Dora Clement

Gertrude

Luis Alberni as Emile, Pike's Chef

Luis Alberni

Emile, Pike's Chef

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