The Lady Eve (1941)

7.3/10 • 97 min • Comedy Romance

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.

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

Dora Clement

Gertrude

Luis Alberni

Emile, Pike's Chef

Mary Akin

Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Husband on Ship (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)

Ambrose Barker

Mac (uncredited)

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