The Lady Eve

(1941)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 412 votes

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Year: 1941

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Preston Sturges

Cast: Барбара Стэнвик, Генри Фонда, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Janet Beecher, Robert Greig

Plot

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.