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The Lady Eve (1941) -- Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship...
The Lady Eve (1941) -- Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship...

Overview

User Rating:
8.2/10   6,144 votes
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Director:
Preston Sturges
Writers:
Monckton Hoffe (story) and
Preston Sturges (writer)
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Release Date:
25 February 1941 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
Eve Sure Knows Her Apples ! more
Plot:
Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
Exquisite comedy more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Barbara Stanwyck ... Eugenia 'Jean' Harrington

Henry Fonda ... Charles 'Charlie' Poncefort Pike
Charles Coburn ... 'Colonel' Harry Harrington
Eugene Pallette ... Horace Pike
William Demarest ... Ambrose 'Muggsy' Murgatroyd
Eric Blore ... Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
Melville Cooper ... Gerald
Martha O'Driscoll ... Martha - the Maid
Janet Beecher ... Janet Pike
Robert Greig ... Burrows - Pike's Butler
Dora Clement ... Gertrude
Luis Alberni ... Emile, Pike's chef
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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The check that that Henry Fonda's character, Charles Pike, writes to Charles Coburn, playing "Colonel" Harrington, is dated August 29. August 29th is director Preston Sturges' birthday. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Jean is looking at Charles in the mirror, what she sees is the right way round (you can clearly see this by looking at the cover of Charles' book). more
Quotes:
Jean Harrington: See anything you like? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Party (1968) more
Soundtrack:
Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl more

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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Exquisite comedy, 15 October 2002
10/10
Author: funkyfry from Oakland CA

A stunningly beautiful film -- and very funny, too, with 2 of the strongest leads in film paired memorably. Some moments, like Fonda slouching on the floor and Stanwyck drooping onto him in a wry parody of Hollywood lovemaking, actually achieve the grace and beauty of the best silent films. The story takes some fairly predictable turns, and the script and direction by Sturges are first rate. Fonda is very broad but miraculously pulls it off, and Stanwyck revels in the excellent role she plays (two roles in one, no less, an actor's dream!). One of the best comedies of the "classic" Hollywood era.

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