ComedyRomance
The Palm Beach Story
“Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!”
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
Directed by Preston Sturges
70
User score
213 votes
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Status
Released
Released
August 28, 1942
Runtime
1h 28m
Language
English
Top cast
Claudette Colbert
Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
Joel McCrea
Tom Jeffers
Mary Astor
The Princess Centimillia
Rudy Vallee
John D. Hackensacker III
Sig Arno
Toto
Robert Warwick
Mr. Hinch
Arthur Stuart Hull
Mr. Osmond
Torben Meyer
Dr. Kluck
Jimmy Conlin
Mr. Asweld
Victor Potel
Mr. McKeewie
William Demarest
First Member Ale and Quail Club
Jack Norton
Second Member Ale and Quail Club
Robert Greig
Third Member Ale and Quail Club
Roscoe Ates
Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
Dewey Robinson
Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club
Chester Conklin
Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club
Sheldon Jett
Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club
Robert Dudley
Wienie King
Franklin Pangborn
Manager
Arthur Hoyt
Pullman Conductor
