The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve

97 mins | Comedy, Romance | Feb. 25, 1941

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.

The Lady Eve

97 mins | Comedy, Romance | Feb. 25, 1941

The Lady Eve
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Paramount
Original title The Lady Eve
Directors Claire Behnke, Barton Adams, Mel Epstein, Preston Sturges
Writers Monckton Hoffe, Preston Sturges

Cast

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

Bobby Barber

as Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Wilda Bennett

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Evelyn Beresford

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Georgie Cooper

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Alfred Hall

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Bertram Marburgh

as Party Guest (uncredited)

George Melford

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Gayne Whitman

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Abdullah Abbas

as Man with Potted Palm (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

as Sir Alfred's Servant (uncredited)

Mary Akin

as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Jan Buckingham

as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Madge Crane

as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Mitchell Ingraham

as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Barry Norton

as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Sam Ash

as Husband on Ship (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

as Husband on Ship (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Husband on Ship (uncredited)

Harry A. Bailey

as Lawyer (uncredited)

Jack W. Johnston

as Lawyer (uncredited)

Julius Tannen

as Lawyer (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

as Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office (uncredited)

Ambrose Barker

as Mac (uncredited)

Wilson Benge

as First Butler at Party (uncredited)

Al Bridge

as First Steward (uncredited)

Ken Carpenter

as Himself - Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

as Third Steward (uncredited)

Nell Craig

as Ship Passenger at Railing (uncredited)

Eva Dennison

as Mother on Ship (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

as Mother on Ship (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

as Mother on Ship (uncredited)

Almeda Fowler

as Mother on Ship (uncredited)

Harry Depp

as Man with Glasses on Ship (uncredited)

Pauline Drake

as Social Secretary (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Tailor in Montage (uncredited)

John Hartley

as Young Man on Ship (uncredited)

Sheldon Jett

as Sunbather on Ship (uncredited)

Richard Kipling

as Father on Ship (uncredited)

Jack Richardson

as Father of Girl on Ship (uncredited)

Wanda McKay

as Daughter on Ship (uncredited)

Ella Neal

as Daughter on Ship (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

as Mr. Clink - Purser (uncredited)

Esther Michelson

as Wife on Ship (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Diner on Ship (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

as Diner on Ship (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

as Diner on Ship (uncredited)

Frank Moran

as Bartender at Pike's Party (uncredited)

Joseph North

as Second Butler at Party (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)

Harry Rosenthal

as Piano Tuner (uncredited)

Reginald Sheffield

as Professor Jones (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Jeweler (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Ship's Officer (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

as One of Pike's Cooks (uncredited)

Wally Walker

as Sparky (uncredited)

Pat West

as Ship's Bartender (uncredited)