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The Lady Eve

A trio of classy card sharps targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.

Director

Preston Sturges

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Jean

Barbara Stanwyck

Charles Pike

'Colonel' Harrington

Mr. Pike

Eugene Pallette

Muggsy

William Demarest

Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith

Gerald

Melville Cooper

Martha

Martha O'Driscoll

Mrs. Pike

Burrows

Gertrude

Pike's Chef

Man with Potted Palm

Sir Alfred's Servant

Passenger on Ship

Husband on Ship

Lawyer

Harry A. Bailey

Ship's Waiter with Toupee

Mac

First Butler at Party

Party Guest

Party Guest

Evelyn Beresford

First Steward

Racetrack Patron

Passenger on Ship

Jane Buckingham

Ken Carpenter-Trailer Narrator

Daughter on Ship

Marcelle Christopher

Second Ship's Waiter

Party Guest

Ship Passenger at Railing

Passenger on Ship

Mother on Ship

Man with Glasses on Ship

Mother on Ship

Social Secretary

Husband on Ship

Tailor in Montage

Franklyn Farnum

Mother on Ship

Betty Farrington

Party Guest

Lawyer

Mother on Ship

Party Guest

Passenger on Ship

Party Guest

Chauffeur

Party Guest

Young Man on Ship

Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office

Party Guest

Arthur Stuart Hull

Passenger on Ship

Mitchell Ingraham

Sunbather on Ship

Lawyer

Jack W. Johnston

Father on Ship

Richard Kipling

Ship Passenger

Flirty Dowager on Ship

Party Guest

Bertram Marburgh

Daughter on Ship

Party Guest

Mr. Clink - Purser

Wife on Ship

Esther Michelson

Ship Passenger

Ship Passenger

Bartender at Pike's Party

Daughter on Ship

Second Butler at Party

Passenger on Ship

Man on Ship

Ernesto Palmese

Sweetie

Third Ship's Waiter

Old Lady on Ship

Frances Raymond

Father of Girl on Ship

Jack Richardson

Diner on Ship

Suzanne Ridgway

Husband on Ship

Diner on Ship

Ronald R. Rondell

Piano Tuner

Harry Rosenthal

Professor Jones

Reginald Sheffield

Jeweler

Ship Passenger

Count Stefenelli

Ship's Officer

Lawyer

One of Pike's Cooks

Sparky

Passenger on Ship

Ship's Bartender

Party Guest

Mother on Ship

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Jean 'colonel' Harrington Muggsy Sir Alfred Mcglennan Keith Second Ship's Waiter Gerald Lawyer At Phone In Pike's Office Lawyer Mr. Pike Ship Passenger At Railing Bartender At Pike's Party Mr. Clink - Purser First Steward Ship's Bartender Party Guest Burrows

And he's gonna take a lot more too - The Lady Eve

And he's gonna take a lot more too

But a sucker always steps on your feet - The Lady Eve

But a sucker always steps on your feet

I don't see why I have to do all the dirty work - The Lady Eve

I don't see why I have to do all the dirty work

- I wonder if I could clunk him.
- Don't do that! - The Lady Eve

- I wonder if I could clunk him. - Don't do that!

I'm glad you like it Do you like any of the rest of me - The Lady Eve

I'm glad you like it Do you like any of the rest of me

- Two Pike's Pale.
- Now, wait a minute! - The Lady Eve

- Two Pike's Pale. - Now, wait a minute!

They don't want anything else - The Lady Eve

They don't want anything else

- Why don't you look where you're going?
- Why don't I look? - The Lady Eve

- Why don't you look where you're going? - Why don...

- Holy Moses!
- What's the matter? - The Lady Eve

- Holy Moses! - What's the matter?

What's the matter - The Lady Eve

What's the matter

The evening slippers are over there. - The Lady Eve

The evening slippers are over there.

- I hope I didn't hurt you.
- Of course you didn't. - The Lady Eve

- I hope I didn't hurt you. - Of course you didn't...

See anything you like - The Lady Eve

See anything you like

It's funny to be kneeling here at your feet talking about beer - The Lady Eve

It's funny to be kneeling here at your feet talking...

But there's something kind of cute about Hopsie - The Lady Eve

But there's something kind of cute about Hopsie

Don't you like my perfume - The Lady Eve

Don't you like my perfume

It certainly took you long enough to come back in the same outfit - The Lady Eve

It certainly took you long enough to come back in the same...

Have you seen this one - The Lady Eve

Have you seen this one

- I'm afraid we're on the wrong deck.
- Isn't that a coincidence? - The Lady Eve

- I'm afraid we're on the wrong deck. - Isn't...

Do you think they're dancing anyplace on board - The Lady Eve

Do you think they're dancing anyplace on board

- Shh. I don't want to wake her up.
- Wake who up? - The Lady Eve

- Shh. I don't want to wake her up. - Wake who up?

Would you care to come in - The Lady Eve

Would you care to come in

Why should I suspect an apparently civilized man - The Lady Eve

Why should I suspect an apparently civilized man

You don't know what you've done to me - The Lady Eve

You don't know what you've done to me

I wouldn't have frightened you for anything in the world - The Lady Eve

I wouldn't have frightened you for anything in the...

How was everything up the Amazon - The Lady Eve

How was everything up the Amazon

Well snakes are my life in a way - The Lady Eve

Well snakes are my life in a way

You have a right to have an ideal - The Lady Eve

You have a right to have an ideal

It's not that I mind your doing card tricks - The Lady Eve

It's not that I mind your doing card tricks

I wish I could say the same. - The Lady Eve

I wish I could say the same.

I shouldn't think that kind of ideal was so difficult to find - The Lady Eve

I shouldn't think that kind of ideal was so difficult...

Why don't you marry one of them - The Lady Eve

Why don't you marry one of them

Eggs and sausage - The Lady Eve

Eggs and sausage

What's the matter - The Lady Eve

What's the matter

Now, let me see them. - The Lady Eve

Now, let me see them.

What's 'e matter - The Lady Eve

What's 'e matter

You have the darnedest way of bumping a fellow down and bouncing him up again - The Lady Eve

You have the darnedest way of bumping a fellow down and...

I hardly need them - The Lady Eve

I hardly need them

I hope I find you well and that your little pal hasn't fallen overboard - The Lady Eve

I hope I find you well and that your little pal hasn't...

I think Charles is in love with me - The Lady Eve

I think Charles is in love with me

There's as fine a specimen of the sucker sapiens as I've ever seen - The Lady Eve

There's as fine a specimen of the sucker sapiens as...

I think he's going to ask me to marry him - The Lady Eve

I think he's going to ask me to marry him

Well, well, well.
You've given me a good hand at last. - The Lady Eve

Well, well, well. You've given me a good hand at last.

The trouble with people who reform is - The Lady Eve

The trouble with people who reform is

I'm glad you like it - The Lady Eve

I'm glad you like it

Colonel Harrington - The Lady Eve

Colonel Harrington

Wouldn't it That's the tragedy of the rich They don't need anything - The Lady Eve

Wouldn't it That's the tragedy of the rich They...

I'm an ophiologist - The Lady Eve

I'm an ophiologist

I've never loved anyone but you - The Lady Eve

I've never loved anyone but you

They say a moonlit deck is a woman's business office - The Lady Eve

They say a moonlit deck is a woman's business office

But you're not going to tell him
till you get off the boat. - The Lady Eve

But you're not going to tell him till you get off the b...

I wanna ask you a hypo thermical question - The Lady Eve

I wanna ask you a hypo thermical question

You don't happen to be a mouthpiece - The Lady Eve

You don't happen to be a mouthpiece

â™Şâ™Ş - The Lady Eve

Are you really in love with this mug - The Lady Eve

Are you really in love with this mug

What am I talking about - The Lady Eve

What am I talking about

That's right You ought to put handles on that skull - The Lady Eve

That's right You ought to put handles on that skull

You don't know very much about girls - The Lady Eve

You don't know very much about girls

There, there, there. - The Lady Eve

There, there, there.

When I think we let that sucker off
scot-free, it makes my blood boil! - The Lady Eve

When I think we let that sucker off scot-free, it makes my b...

How did you do it? - The Lady Eve

How did you do it?

Come on, baby! Roll,
you sweet pappy! Roll them heels! - The Lady Eve

Come on, baby! Roll, you sweet pappy! Roll them heels!

You know you shouldn't draw to an inside straight - The Lady Eve

You know you shouldn't draw to an inside straight

What I can't understand is how he finished fifth - The Lady Eve

What I can't understand is how he finished fifth

â™Ş Come, landlord
fill the flowing bowl â™Ş - The Lady Eve

â™Ş Come, landlord fill the flowing bowl â™Ş

Do you know Charles - The Lady Eve

Do you know Charles

I need him like the ax needs the turkey - The Lady Eve

I need him like the ax needs the turkey

Naturally I was frightfully anxious to see Uncle Alfred - The Lady Eve

Naturally I was frightfully anxious to see Uncle Alfred

Isn't your son feeling well - The Lady Eve

Isn't your son feeling well

She's never been in South America - The Lady Eve

She's never been in South America

Were you in love with her - The Lady Eve

Were you in love with her

You haven't been hitting the bottle lately - The Lady Eve

You haven't been hitting the bottle lately

You go upstairs and take a bath and I'll like you just as much as ever - The Lady Eve

You go upstairs and take a bath and I'll like you just...

- What's this?
- Why don't you look where you're goin'? - The Lady Eve

- What's this? - Why don't you look where you'...

That's the same dame - The Lady Eve

That's the same dame

Weren't her eyes closer together They were not - The Lady Eve

Weren't her eyes closer together They were not

Not good enough - The Lady Eve

Not good enough

They look too much alike to be the same - The Lady Eve

They look too much alike to be the same

Will you throw that roughneck
out of here, or will I have to? - The Lady Eve

Will you throw that roughneck out of here, or will I have to...

You tryin' to tell me this ain't the same rib was on the boat - The Lady Eve

You tryin' to tell me this ain't the same rib was...

Oh, dear! Again? - The Lady Eve

Oh, dear! Again?

Positively the same dame - The Lady Eve

Positively the same dame

I had to change my coat - The Lady Eve

I had to change my coat

Did you hear how the Lady Eve got to this country - The Lady Eve

Did you hear how the Lady Eve got to this country

Will you throw that roughneck out of here or will I have to - The Lady Eve

Will you throw that roughneck out of here or will I have to

I hope your niece doesn't think I'm a half wit - The Lady Eve

I hope your niece doesn't think I'm a half wit

What do you mean - The Lady Eve

What do you mean

They're more careful in choosing a tailor than in choosing a wife - The Lady Eve

They're more careful in choosing a tailor than in...

Come in. - The Lady Eve

If anybody ever deserved me - The Lady Eve

If anybody ever deserved me

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A trio of classy card sharps targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.

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Director: Preston Sturges

Writer: Monckton Hoffe, Preston Sturges

Production: Paramount Pictures

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 1941

MetaScore: 96/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Mar 1941

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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