A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.
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Preston Sturges
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Title: The Lady Eve (1941)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Jean | |
| Henry Fonda | ... | Charles | |
| Charles Coburn | ... | 'Colonel' Harrington | |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | Mr. Pike | |
| William Demarest | ... | Muggsy | |
| Eric Blore | ... | Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith | |
| Melville Cooper | ... | Gerald | |
| Martha O'Driscoll | ... | Martha | |
| Janet Beecher | ... | Mrs. Pike | |
| Robert Greig | ... | Burrows | |
| Dora Clement | ... | Gertrude | |
| Luis Alberni | ... | Pike's Chef | |
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Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding causes them to split on bad terms. To get back at him, Jean disguises herself as an English lady, and comes back to tease and torment him. Written by John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
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Mother Eve had nothing on her! See more »Parents Guide:
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'Colonel' Harrington: Don't be vulgar, Jean. Let us be crooked, but never common.
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Henry Fonda brought his daughter Jane Fonda on set for her fourth birthday party during filming. See more »Goofs
When "Colonel" Harrington talks to Jean in her cabin the morning after Pike proposes, the shadow of a spotlight moves up and out of frame. See more »Quotes
Jean: Boy, would I like to see you givin' some old harpie the three in one!'Colonel' Harrington: Don't be vulgar, Jean. Let us be crooked, but never common.
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EnglishRelease Date:
21 March 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Lady Eve See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA See more »Edit
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A second viewing of this after many years has confirmed it as truly one of the great comedies. I don't think Sturges was ever better (although I haven't seen all his films), and certainly he was never blessed with a better star pairing than Fonda and Stanwyck, plus his usual wonderful array of character comedians in the supporting roles. A double bill of Eve with "Hail the Conquering Hero" reveals that, while both still have their charms, Eve can still have a theatre rocking with laughter, while Hero leaves them a bit cold with its descent into Capra-cornish patriotism and mother love.
The Lady Eve has one of my favourite performances ever from Henry Fonda, showing that his grave sincerity could serve screwball comedy equally as well as Fordian moral uplift. He takes some of the funniest deadpan pratfalls this side of Buster Keaton.
And of course Stanwyck is a delight ... and Charles Coburn ... and Eugene Pallette ... and William Demarest ... and ... and ... ssshhh ... Eric Blore.
If you've never seen it, give yourself a treat