Drama
The Great Lie
“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.
Directed by Edmund Goulding, Hal B. Wallis
70
User score
52 votes
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Status
Released
Released
April 5, 1941
Runtime
1h 48m
Language
English
Top 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)
Doris Lloyd
Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Harry Anderson (uncredited)
Ernestine Wade
Singing Extra (uncredited)
