The Lady Eve poster
72%
IMDb7.7/10(23000 votes)
Screenplay Preston Sturges, Monckton Hoffe
Director Preston Sturges

The Lady Eve

ComedyRomance1941

Tagline: When you deal a fast shuffle ... Love is in the cards.

Release Date: 1941-02-25

Duration: 97 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Barbara Stanwyck
    Jean Harrington
  • Henry Fonda
    Charles Pike
  • Barbara Pepper
    Lady Wrestler Type on Ship (uncredited)
  • William Demarest
    Muggsy
  • Robert Warwick
    Passenger on Ship (uncredited)
  • Bess Flowers
    Party Guest (uncredited)
  • Bobby Barber
    Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)
  • Eddie Hall
    Chauffeur (uncredited)
  • Charles Coburn
    'Colonel' Harrington
  • Franklyn Farnum
    Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
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