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The Palm Beach Story(1942)
Status: Released
Date: 1942-08-28
70%
202 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
Love is fickle! Love is is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!
Overview:
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Palm Beach Story
Top 10 Billed Cast
Claudette Colbert
Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
Joel McCrea
Tom Jeffers
Mary Astor
The Princess Centimillia
Rudy Vallee
John D. Hackensacker III
Sig Arno
Toto
Robert Warwick
Mr. Hinch
Arthur Stuart Hull
Mr. Osmond
Torben Meyer
Dr. Kluck
Jimmy Conlin
Mr. Asweld
Victor Potel
Mr. McKeewie
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Three Reasons: The Palm Beach Story
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Three Reasons: The Palm Beach Story - Featurette
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