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The Lady Eve

19411h 37mComedy · Romance
directed by Preston Sturges

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

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7.3 / 10
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7.7 / 10
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96 / 100
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Synopsis

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.

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