The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve(1941)

"When you deal a fast shuffle, love is in the cards."

7.2/10
373 votes
97 minFebruary 25, 1941

Overview

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.

AI Insights

Powered by GPT-5.1

AI Generated

AI summary is being generated.

Top Cast

Swipe or use arrows

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Jean Harrington

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Charles Pike

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

'Colonel' Harrington

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Horace Pike

William Demarest

William Demarest

Muggsy

Eric Blore

Eric Blore

Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith

Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Gerald

Martha O'Driscoll

Martha O'Driscoll

Martha

Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher

Janet Pike

Robert Greig

Robert Greig

Burrows

Dora Clement

Dora Clement

Gertrude

Luis Alberni

Luis Alberni

Emile, Pike's chef

Bobby Barber

Bobby Barber

Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

Eddie Hall

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

Arthur Stuart Hull

Party Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Wilda Bennett

Party Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Evelyn Beresford

Party Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Georgie Cooper

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Party Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Kenneth Gibson

Party Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Alfred Hall

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bertram Marburgh

Bertram Marburgh

Party Guest (uncredited)

George Melford

George Melford

Party Guest (uncredited)

Gayne Whitman

Gayne Whitman

Party Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Abdullah Abbas

Man with Potted Palm (uncredited)

No Image

Norman Ainsley

Sir Alfred's Servant (uncredited)

Mary Akin

Mary Akin

Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Jan Buckingham

Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Madge Crane

Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Mitchell Ingraham

Mitchell Ingraham

Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Barry Norton

Barry Norton

Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

Robert Warwick

Passenger on Ship (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Sam Ash

Husband on Ship (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley

Husband on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Cyril Ring

Husband on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Harry A. Bailey

Lawyer (uncredited)

Jack W. Johnston

Jack W. Johnston

Lawyer (uncredited)

Julius Tannen

Julius Tannen

Lawyer (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt

Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office (uncredited)

Ambrose Barker

Ambrose Barker

Mac (uncredited)

No Image

Wilson Benge

First Butler at Party (uncredited)

Al Bridge

Al Bridge

First Steward (uncredited)

Ken Carpenter

Ken Carpenter

Himself - Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin

Third Steward (uncredited)

Nell Craig

Nell Craig

Ship Passenger at Railing (uncredited)

No Image

Eva Dennison

Mother on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Helen Dickson

Mother on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Betty Farrington

Mother on Ship (uncredited)

Almeda Fowler

Almeda Fowler

Mother on Ship (uncredited)

Harry Depp

Harry Depp

Man with Glasses on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Pauline Drake

Social Secretary (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Tailor in Montage (uncredited)

John Hartley

John Hartley

Young Man on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Sheldon Jett

Sunbather on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Richard Kipling

Father on Ship (uncredited)

Jack Richardson

Jack Richardson

Father of Girl on Ship (uncredited)

Wanda McKay

Wanda McKay

Daughter on Ship (uncredited)

Ella Neal

Ella Neal

Daughter on Ship (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Torben Meyer

Mr. Clink - Purser (uncredited)

No Image

Esther Michelson

Wife on Ship (uncredited)

No Image

Bert Moorhouse

Diner on Ship (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Suzanne Ridgway

Diner on Ship (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Ronald R. Rondell

Diner on Ship (uncredited)

Frank Moran

Frank Moran

Bartender at Pike's Party (uncredited)

No Image

Joseph North

Second Butler at Party (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

Barbara Pepper

Lady Wrestler Type on Ship (uncredited)

Jean Phillips

Jean Phillips

Sweetie (uncredited)

Victor Potel

Victor Potel

Second Steward (uncredited)

Frances Raymond

Frances Raymond

Old Lady on Ship (uncredited)

Harry Rosenthal

Harry Rosenthal

Piano Tuner (uncredited)

Reginald Sheffield

Reginald Sheffield

Professor Jones (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Larry Steers

Jeweler (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Bert Stevens

Ship's Officer (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Dorothy Vernon

One of Pike's Cooks (uncredited)

No Image

Wally Walker

Sparky (uncredited)

Pat West

Pat West

Ship's Bartender (uncredited)

Official Trailer

0.0/10

Click to rate

Optional0 chars

Featured Reviews

You Might Also Like

Person to Person
5.2

Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

Person to Person

20170k votes
The More the Merrier
6.9

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

The More the Merrier

19430k votes
Christmas in July
6.9

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

Christmas in July

19400k votes
You Belong to Me
5.8

A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.

You Belong to Me

19410k votes
Strangers in the Night
6.2

In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. It’s the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration morphing into a dangerous delusion, and eventually murder.

Strangers in the Night

19440k votes
Twenty Million Sweethearts
6.0

Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.

Twenty Million Sweethearts

19340k votes
Trouble in Paradise
7.4

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

Trouble in Paradise

19320k votes
The Petrified Forest
7.1

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.

The Petrified Forest

19360k votes
High Sierra
7.1

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

High Sierra

19410k votes
Meet John Doe
7.3

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

Meet John Doe

19410k votes
The Shootist
7.0

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.

The Shootist

19760k votes
Sullivan's Travels
7.4

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

Sullivan's Travels

19410k votes
Amazing Grace
6.9

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

Amazing Grace

20060k votes
Zorba the Greek
7.4

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

Zorba the Greek

19640k votes
Ninotchka
7.5

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Ninotchka

19390k votes
The Big Heat
7.7

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.

The Big Heat

19531k votes
The Children's Hour
7.7

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.

The Children's Hour

19610k votes
To Have and Have Not
7.5

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

To Have and Have Not

19451k votes
Room 237
6.1

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments.

Room 237

20121k votes
Hello, Dolly!
7.0

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

Hello, Dolly!

19690k votes