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When you deal a fast shuffle, love is in the cards. - The Lady Eve
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Title: The Lady Eve

Release Date: 25 Feb 1941

Runtime: 1h 37m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 7.228 (345 votes)

Cast

  • Jean Harrington: Barbara Stanwyck
  • Charles Pike: Henry Fonda
  • 'Colonel' Harrington: Charles Coburn
  • Horace Pike: Eugene Pallette
  • Muggsy: William Demarest
  • Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith: Eric Blore
  • Gerald: Melville Cooper
  • Martha: Martha O'Driscoll
  • Janet Pike: Janet Beecher
  • Burrows: Robert Greig
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