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The Great Lie

(1941)

April 5, 1941• 1h 48m
70%
TMDB Score

Overview

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

Edmund Goulding

Director

Top Billed Cast

BD

Bette Davis

Maggie Patterson Van Allen

MA

Mary Astor

Sandra Kovak

GB

George Brent

Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

LW

Lucile Watson

Aunt Ada Greenfield

HM

Hattie McDaniel

Violet

GM

Grant Mitchell

Joshua Mason

JC

Jerome Cowan

Jock Thompson

CT

Charles Trowbridge

Senator Ted Greenfield

TH

Thurston Hall

Oscar Worthington James

RH

Russell Hicks

Colonel Harriston

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