The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve (1941)

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

Comedy Romance

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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  • Release Date: 1941-02-25
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Director: Preston Sturges

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Bobby Barber

      Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)

    • Eddie Hall

      Chauffeur (uncredited)

    • Arthur Stuart Hull

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Wilda Bennett

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Evelyn Beresford

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Georgie Cooper

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Bess Flowers

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Kenneth Gibson

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Alfred Hall

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Bertram Marburgh

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • George Melford

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Gayne Whitman

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Abdullah Abbas

      Man with Potted Palm (uncredited)

    • Norman Ainsley

      Sir Alfred's Servant (uncredited)

    • Mary Akin

      Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

    • Jan Buckingham

      Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

    • Madge Crane

      Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

    • Mitchell Ingraham

      Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

    • Barry Norton

      Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

    • Robert Warwick

      Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

    • Sam Ash

      Husband on Ship (uncredited)

    • Robert Dudley

      Husband on Ship (uncredited)

    • Cyril Ring

      Husband on Ship (uncredited)

    • Harry A. Bailey

      Lawyer (uncredited)

    • Jack W. Johnston

      Lawyer (uncredited)

    • Julius Tannen

      Lawyer (uncredited)

    • Arthur Hoyt

      Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office (uncredited)

    • Ambrose Barker

      Mac (uncredited)

    • Wilson Benge

      First Butler at Party (uncredited)

    • Al Bridge

      First Steward (uncredited)

    • Ken Carpenter

      Himself - Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    • Jimmy Conlin

      Third Steward (uncredited)

    • Nell Craig

      Ship Passenger at Railing (uncredited)

    • Eva Dennison

      Mother on Ship (uncredited)

    • Helen Dickson

      Mother on Ship (uncredited)

    • Betty Farrington

      Mother on Ship (uncredited)

    • Almeda Fowler

      Mother on Ship (uncredited)

    • Harry Depp

      Man with Glasses on Ship (uncredited)

    • Pauline Drake

      Social Secretary (uncredited)

    • Franklyn Farnum

      Tailor in Montage (uncredited)

    • John Hartley

      Young Man on Ship (uncredited)

    • Sheldon Jett

      Sunbather on Ship (uncredited)

    • Richard Kipling

      Father on Ship (uncredited)

    • Jack Richardson

      Father of Girl on Ship (uncredited)

    • Wanda McKay

      Daughter on Ship (uncredited)

    • Ella Neal

      Daughter on Ship (uncredited)

    • Torben Meyer

      Mr. Clink - Purser (uncredited)

    • Esther Michelson

      Wife on Ship (uncredited)

    • Bert Moorhouse

      Diner on Ship (uncredited)

    • Suzanne Ridgway

      Diner on Ship (uncredited)

    • Ronald R. Rondell

      Diner on Ship (uncredited)

    • Frank Moran

      Bartender at Pike's Party (uncredited)

    • Joseph North

      Second Butler at Party (uncredited)

    • Barbara Pepper

      Lady Wrestler Type on Ship (uncredited)

    • Jean Phillips

      Sweetie (uncredited)

    • Victor Potel

      Second Steward (uncredited)

    • Frances Raymond

      Old Lady on Ship (uncredited)

    • Harry Rosenthal

      Piano Tuner (uncredited)

    • Reginald Sheffield

      Professor Jones (uncredited)

    • Larry Steers

      Jeweler (uncredited)

    • Bert Stevens

      Ship's Officer (uncredited)

    • Dorothy Vernon

      One of Pike's Cooks (uncredited)

    • Wally Walker

      Sparky (uncredited)

    • Pat West

      Ship's Bartender (uncredited)

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