Comedy

Romance

The Lady Eve

Paramount Pictures

United States of America

English

Barbara Stanwyck

Henry Fonda

Charles Coburn

Eugene Pallette

William Demarest

Eric Blore

Melville Cooper

Martha O'Driscoll

Janet Beecher

Robert Greig

Dora Clement

Luis Alberni

Bobby Barber

Eddie Hall

Arthur Stuart Hull

Wilda Bennett

Evelyn Beresford

Georgie Cooper

Bess Flowers

Kenneth Gibson

Alfred Hall

Bertram Marburgh

George Melford

Gayne Whitman

Abdullah Abbas

Norman Ainsley

Mary Akin

Jan Buckingham

Madge Crane

Mitchell Ingraham

Barry Norton

Robert Warwick

Sam Ash

Robert Dudley

Cyril Ring

Harry A. Bailey

Jack W. Johnston

Julius Tannen

Arthur Hoyt

Ambrose Barker

Wilson Benge

Al Bridge

Ken Carpenter

Jimmy Conlin

Nell Craig

Eva Dennison

Helen Dickson

Betty Farrington

Almeda Fowler

Harry Depp

Pauline Drake

Franklyn Farnum

John Hartley

Sheldon Jett

Richard Kipling

Jack Richardson

Wanda McKay

Ella Neal

Torben Meyer

Esther Michelson

Bert Moorhouse

Suzanne Ridgway

Ronald R. Rondell

Frank Moran

Joseph North

Barbara Pepper

Jean Phillips

Victor Potel

Frances Raymond

Harry Rosenthal

Reginald Sheffield

Larry Steers

Bert Stevens

Dorothy Vernon

Wally Walker

Pat West

Albert Lewin

Gil Grau

Buddy G. DeSylva

Charles Bradshaw

Edith Head

Preston Sturges

Sigmund Krumgold

Paul Jones

Victor Milner

Phil Boutelje

Stuart Gilmore

John Leipold

Ernst Fegté

Hans Dreier

Leo Shuken

William LeBaron

Chandler House

Wally Westmore

Sam Comer

Ray Cossar

Claire Behnke

Barton Adams

Guy Roe

Mel Epstein

Ben Nye

Robert McCrellis

Don Johnson

Hollis Barnes

Harry Lindgren

Monckton Hoffe

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Barbara Stanwyck is on great form in this slightly far-fetched caper, but it’s really a strong supporting cast which includes co-star Henry Fonda and Charles Coburn that add together to make this an enjoyable romp through the courting process tempered with some double-identities and a deck with five aces. She is travelling with her father (Coburn) and both are sought by the authorities for being accomplished confidence tricksters. Their mark on this particular voyage is the ridiculously wealthy “Pike” (Fonda) whom she strings along merrily whilst they fleece him at cards. Then something entirely unexpected happens. She falls for the man. His innocence and naivety strike a chord and she even begins to rebel against her father! Luckily, for “Pike”, he is tipped off just in time and manage to escape her venal clutches - or so he thinks. “Jean” (Stanwyck) is determined on an unique sort of revenge which sees her adopt the identity of a visiting British aristocrat (“Lady Eve”) and visit her uncle who just happens to be in the same social circle as you know who. Surely he will recognise her? He can’t be that gullible? Though it’s not so obvious at the start, there develops an entertaining chemistry between Stanwyck and the rarely upright and constantly flustered Fonda who seems to be able to trip over just about anything and everything! Of course, there isn’t really a great deal of jeopardy as the plot thickens, but with Coburn holding a steady course and both Eugene Palette and Eric Blore - this time not the butler - having a decent amount of the latter play, this is an enjoyably eccentric look at greed tinged with love. Or is that the other way around?

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Melville Cooper

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