Preston Sturges directs Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck in this charming battle of the sexes between a wealthy but unsophisticated scientist who falls for a con woman with a shady past.
The Lady Eve
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Preston Sturges is at it again. The ingenious writer-director spins out a sinfully romantic comedy in The Lady Eve, and the "lady" of the title is Barbara Stanwyck. She's a calculating card shark who fleeces passengers on transatlantic ocean liners. When she discovers that an ingenious young millionaire (Henry Fonda) is on board, the scheming Stanwyck figures he’ll be a pushover if she plays her cards right. Sure enough, he does fall for her, but surprise-she also falls for him. When he's tipped off that true romance is not in the cards because she's giving him a fast shuffle, Fonda's fondness fades. Now Stanwyck realizes that if she wants to win him back, she's got to stop her double-dealing, and she does but not before she turns up a few tricks of her own. "The Lady Eve has snap, crackle and plot and, with famous character actors also on deck, the movie is a winner, hands down."-Gene Shalit
Cast and crew
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Preston Sturges
Director, Writer -
Barbara Stanwyck
Jean -
Henry Fonda
Charles Pike -
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 -
Monckton Hoffe
Writer
Additional information
Directors
Preston SturgesDirectors
Studio
UniversalStudio
Subtitles
English (CC)Subtitles
Released year
1941Released year
Duration
1 h 34 minDuration
Genres
ComedyRomance
Genres
Romance
Writers
Monckton HoffePreston Sturges
Writers
Preston Sturges
Size
4.17 GB (1080p HD)2.53 GB (720p HD)
1.54 GB (SD)
Size
2.53 GB (720p HD)
1.54 GB (SD)
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Terms of transactionWindows | Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or later |
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Mobile | Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 or later |