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1941 • 1h 37min • Approved • Comedy, Romance

The Lady Eve

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

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.

IMDb 7.7

RT 100%

MC 96

Director

Preston Sturges

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Preston Sturges

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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

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