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The Lady Eve(1941)
Status: Released
Date: 1941-02-25
72%
352 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
When you deal a fast shuffle, love is in the cards.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Lady Eve
Top 10 Billed 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
Video Trailer The Lady Eve
Video: The Lady Eve Official Trailer #1 - Henry Fonda Movie (1941) HD
The Lady Eve Official Trailer #1 - Henry Fonda Movie (1941) HD
The Lady Eve trailer - back in cinemas 14 February | BFI
Allan Arkush on THE LADY EVE
Peter Bogdanovich on The Lady Eve
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The Lady Eve trailer - back in cinemas 14 February | BFI - Trailer
Allan Arkush on THE LADY EVE - Featurette
Peter Bogdanovich on The Lady Eve - Featurette
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