1941· 97 min
Lady Eve, The
When you deal a fast shuffle, love is in the cards.
Comedy Romance
7.2 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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.
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest
Tags
100 Essential Female Performances100 Greatest Movies1940sAFI 100 (Laughs)aleamazon riveramerican footballanimated sequenceanimated title sequenceannulment
