The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve is a 1941 comedy movie directed by Preston Sturges, with a running time of 1h 37m. It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda and Charles Coburn.
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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Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Jean Harrington
- Henry Fonda as Charles Pike
- Charles Coburn as 'Colonel' Harrington
- Eugene Pallette as Horace Pike
- William Demarest as Muggsy
- Eric Blore as Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
- Melville Cooper as Gerald
- Martha O'Driscoll as Martha
- Janet Beecher as Janet Pike
- Robert Greig as Burrows
- Dora Clement as Gertrude
- Luis Alberni as Emile, Pike's chef