The Lady Eve
Comedy
Romance
When you deal a fast shuffle, love is in the cards.
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.
1941-02-25
en
Cast
Director
Preston Sturges
Barbara Stanwyck as Jean Harrington
Henry Fonda as Charles Pike
Charles Coburn as 'Colonel' Harrington
Eugene Pallette as Horace Pike
William Demarest as Muggsy
Eric Blore as Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
Melville Cooper as Gerald
Martha O'Driscoll as Martha
Janet Beecher as Janet Pike
Robert Greig as Burrows
Dora Clement as Gertrude
Luis Alberni as Emile, Pike's Chef
Mary Akin as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)
Sam Ash as Husband on Ship (uncredited)
Bobby Barber as Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)
Ambrose Barker as Mac (uncredited)
Al Bridge as First Steward (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin as Third Steward (uncredited)
Nell Craig as Ship Passenger at Railing (uncredited)
Harry Depp as Man with Glasses on Ship (uncredited)
Robert Dudley as Husband on Ship (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum as Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
Betty Farrington as Mother on Ship (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Party Guest (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler as Mother on Ship (uncredited)
Eddie Hall as Chauffeur (uncredited)
John Hartley as Young Man on Ship (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt as Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston as Lawyer (uncredited)
Bertram Marburgh as Party Guest (uncredited)
Wanda McKay as Daughter on Ship (uncredited)
George Melford as Party Guest (uncredited)
Torben Meyer as Mr. Clink - Purser (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse as Diner on Ship (uncredited)
Frank Moran as Bartender at Pike's Party (uncredited)
Ella Neal as Daughter on Ship (uncredited)
Barry Norton as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper as Lady Wrestler Type on Ship (uncredited)
Jean Phillips as Sweetie (uncredited)
Victor Potel as Second Steward (uncredited)
Frances Raymond as Old Lady on Ship (uncredited)
Jack Richardson as Father of Girl on Ship (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway as Diner on Ship (uncredited)
Cyril Ring as Husband on Ship (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell as Diner on Ship (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield as Professor Jones (uncredited)
Larry Steers as Jeweler (uncredited)
Julius Tannen as Lawyer (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon as One of Pike's Cooks (uncredited)
Robert Warwick as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)
Pat West as Ship's Bartender (uncredited)
Gayne Whitman as Party Guest (uncredited)