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The Lady Eve (1941) -- Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship...
The Lady Eve (1941) -- Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship...

Overview

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Director:
Preston Sturges
Writers:
Monckton Hoffe (story) and
Preston Sturges (writer)
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Release Date:
25 February 1941 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
Eve Sure Knows Her Apples ! more
Plot:
Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
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Susannah Straughan, London Correspondent
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User Comments:
Eve, the temptress more (59 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Barbara Stanwyck ... Eugenia 'Jean' Harrington

Henry Fonda ... Charles 'Charlie' Poncefort Pike
Charles Coburn ... 'Colonel' Harry Harrington
Eugene Pallette ... Horace Pike
William Demarest ... Ambrose 'Muggsy' Murgatroyd
Eric Blore ... Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
Melville Cooper ... Gerald
Martha O'Driscoll ... Martha - the Maid
Janet Beecher ... Janet Pike
Robert Greig ... Burrows - Pike's Butler
Dora Clement ... Gertrude
Luis Alberni ... Emile, Pike's chef
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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

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Trivia:
When Muggsy places a brush over his face and imitates Hitler, he is really speaking Swedish. Directly translated he is saying: "Bad boy I'm going to hit you on the jaw". more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Jean is looking at Charles in the mirror, what she sees is the right way round (you can clearly see this by looking at the cover of Charles' book). more
Quotes:
Gerald: I can't understand how the horse ran fifth!
Jean Harrington: There were only five horses in the race.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) more
Soundtrack:
With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair more

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27 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
Eve, the temptress, 7 April 2005
10/10
Author: jotix100 from New York

This is another Preston Sturges masterpiece! With "The Lady Eve", Mr. Sturges proves he was at the pinnacle of his career. Rarely do all elements mesh together into films that are pleasing as well as showing intelligence to the viewer. This comedy has its heart in the right place.

Mr. Sturges assembled an amazing cast to appear in the movie. Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda make the ideal players for Jean Harrington aka Lady Eve Sidwish, and Charles Pike. The saying that opposites attract is well demonstrated in the film when we watch these two different characters fall for one another. Ms. Stanwyck shows in this film her great timing; she is seen at her most attractive as the devious Jane/Eve. Henry Fonda is excellent playing comedy. Under Sturges' tight direction both these actors show why they were about the best in the business.

The strength with Mr. Sturges' films are the fantastic group of actors that follow him from movie to movie. Thus, we see William Demarest, one of the best character actors of the time, playing Mugssie. Eric Blore, another impressive English actor does amazing work as Pearlie. Charles Coburn is perfect as the gambling father. Eugene Palette plays Charlie's father. There are many more that make contributions to the success of this film.

Preston Sturges shows with this film he was one of the best auteurs in Hollywood, even when the term had not been coined.

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