The Lady Eve
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.
Critics Sentiment
Eve confesses her many past lovers on the speeding honeymoon train
Charles angrily rejects Jean after learning about her criminal background
The dramatic drop from Jean's seductive hair-stroking scene to Charles's harsh rejection of her creates the film's most significant emotional shift.
The Lady Eve follows a classic romantic comedy arc, opening strongly with celebrated seduction scenes and physical comedy, dipping during the central breakup and revelation, then building to acclaimed highs during the revenge plot and train sequence. Critics consistently praised the chemistry between Stanwyck and Fonda, with particular acclaim for specific set pieces like the hair-stroking scene and honeymoon train confessions.
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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
Bobby Barber
Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Party Guest (uncredited)
Wilda Bennett
Party Guest (uncredited)
Evelyn Beresford
Party Guest (uncredited)
Georgie Cooper
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew
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