The Great Lie

  • Drama
4/5/1941
108
NR

Sometimes there's a terrible penalty for telling the truth.

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

Director:
Edmund Goulding
Writer:
Lenore J. Coffee
Revenue:
$689,253
    • baby
    • married couple
    • pregnancy
    • seclusion
    • adoptive mother
    • missing person
    • newlywed
    • biological mother
    • expectant mother
    • concert pianist
    • missing husband
    • uneasy alliance
    • believed dead
    • invalid marriage
    • secret arrangement
    • bad attitude

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    Cast

    • Bette Davis
      Maggie Patterson Van Allen
    • Mary Astor
      Sandra Kovak
    • George Brent
      Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
    • Lucile Watson
      Aunt Ada Greenfield
    • Hattie McDaniel
      Violet
    • Grant Mitchell
      Joshua Mason
    • Jerome Cowan
      Jock Thompson
    • Charles Trowbridge
      Senator Ted Greenfield
    • Thurston Hall
      Oscar Worthington James
    • Russell Hicks
      Colonel Harriston
    • Virginia Brissac
      Sadie
    • J. Farrell MacDonald
      Dr. Ferguson
    • Addison Richards
      Mr. Talbot
    • Sam McDaniel
      Jefferson Washington
    • Gino Corrado
      Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)
    • Sam Harris
      Club Patron (uncredited)

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