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.
Directed by Preston Sturges
daughter
ship
snake
gambling
passenger
fraud
romcom
deception
con artist
money
revenge
wealth
hair
black and white
cardsharp
screwball comedy
gold digger
Rank
#3 in 1941·#1273 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
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Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Jean Harrington
Henry Fonda
Charles Pike
Charles Coburn
'Colonel' Harrington
Eugene Pallette
Horace Pike
William Demarest
Muggsy
Eric Blore
Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
Melville Cooper
Gerald
Martha O'Driscoll
Martha
Janet Beecher
Janet Pike
Robert Greig
Burrows
Dora Clement
Gertrude
Luis Alberni
Emile, Pike's chef
Crew
Preston Sturges
Director
Preston Sturges
Screenplay
Albert Lewin
Producer
William LeBaron
Executive Producer
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Edith Head
Costume Design
John Leipold
Music
Sam Comer
Set Dressing Artist
Popular Reviews
233 reviews
ai
9.0★ · 05/25/26
I know a guy married the same dame three times, then turned around and married her aunt.
i love the genre of men suffering from charismatic lying women
I know a guy married the same dame three times, then turned around and married her aunt.
i love the genre of men suffering from charismatic lying women
gg
7.0★ · 04/30/26
barbara stanwyck is too charming for her own good in this, i just keep thinking about it
barbara stanwyck is too charming for her own good in this, i just keep thinking about it
gg
7.0★ · 04/24/26
the sexual tension in this was through the roof for a movie made during the hays code times
the sexual tension in this was through the roof for a movie made during the hays code times
Siena Lonsdorf
9.0★ · 04/15/26
throwing an apple at a man’s head is indeed the proper way to greet him
throwing an apple at a man’s head is indeed the proper way to greet him
