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The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve

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

19417.21h 37m

Overview

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.

Directed by Preston Sturges
Written by Preston Sturges, Monckton Hoffe
Produced by Albert Lewin, Buddy G. DeSylva, Paul Jones
Box OfficeBudget: $660K0

Top Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Jean Harrington

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Charles Pike

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

'Colonel' Harrington

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Horace Pike

William Demarest

William Demarest

Muggsy

Eric Blore

Eric Blore

Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith

Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Gerald

Martha O'Driscoll

Martha O'Driscoll

Martha

Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher

Janet Pike

Robert Greig

Robert Greig

Burrows

Themes & Keywords

daughtershipsnakegamblingpassengerfraudromcomdeceptioncon artistmoneyrevengewealthhairblack and whitecardsharpscrewball comedygold digger

About The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve is a comedy, romance film released in 1941 exploring themes of daughter, ship, snake, gambling, passenger, fraud. Directed by Preston Sturges, it stars Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, 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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