The Great Lie

The Great Lie (1941)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1941-04-05
  • User Rating: 6.895/10 from 43 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Edmund Goulding
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Summary

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

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  • Bette Davis

    as Maggie Patterson Van Allen

  • Mary Astor

    as Sandra Kovak

  • George Brent

    as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

  • Lucile Watson

    as Aunt Ada Greenfield

  • Hattie McDaniel

    as Violet

  • Grant Mitchell

    as Joshua Mason

  • Jerome Cowan

    as Jock Thompson

  • Charles Trowbridge

    as Senator Ted Greenfield

  • Thurston Hall

    as Oscar Worthington James

  • Russell Hicks

    as Colonel Harriston

  • Virginia Brissac

    as Sadie

  • J. Farrell MacDonald

    as Dr. Ferguson

  • Addison Richards

    as Mr. Talbot

  • Sam McDaniel

    as Jefferson Washington

  • Gino Corrado

    as Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)

  • Sam Harris

    as Club Patron (uncredited)

  • Doris Lloyd

    as Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited)

  • George H. Reed

    as Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)

  • Cyril Ring

    as Harry Anderson (uncredited)

  • Ernestine Wade

    as Singing Extra (uncredited)
Directing Edmund Goulding Director
Writing Lenore J. Coffee Screenplay
Writing Polan Banks Novel
Production Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
Production Henry Blanke Associate Producer
Sound Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Camera Tony Gaudio Director of Photography
Editing Ralph Dawson Editor
Art Carl Jules Weyl Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Orry-Kelly Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Perc Westmore Makeup Artist
Directing Jack Sullivan Assistant Director
Sound C.A. Riggs Sound
Crew Byron Haskin Special Effects
Crew Robert Burks Special Effects
Sound Hugo Friedhofer Orchestrator
Sound Ray Heindorf Orchestrator
Sound Leo F. Forbstein Music Director

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