The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve
1941
94 mins.
The Lady Eve
1941
94 mins.
1941
94 mins.
Preston Sturges directs Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck in this charming battle of the sexes between a wealthy but unsophisticated scientist who falls for a con woman with a shady past.
Starring:
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Janet Beecher, Robert Greig, Dora Clement
Directed By:
Preston Sturges
Gift Details
Preston Sturges is at it again. The ingenious writer-director spins out a sinfully romantic comedy in The Lady Eve, and the “lady” of the title is Barbara Stanwyck. She’s a calculating card shark who fleeces passengers on transatlantic ocean liners. When she discovers that an ingenious young millionaire (Henry Fonda) is on board, the scheming Stanwyck figures he’ll be a pushover if she plays her cards right. Sure enough, he does fall for her, but surprise-she also falls for him. When he’s tipped off that true romance is not in the cards because she’s giving him a fast shuffle, Fonda’s fondness fades. Now Stanwyck realizes that if she wants to win him back, she’s got to stop her double-dealing, and she does but not before she turns up a few tricks of her own. “The Lady Eve has snap, crackle and plot and, with famous character actors also on deck, the movie is a winner, hands down.”-Gene Shalit