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.
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Cast
21 people
Bette Davis
Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Known for
All About Eve
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Mary Astor
Sandra Kovak
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
Meet Me in St. Louis
George Brent
Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
Known for
The Spiral Staircase
Dark Victory
Lucile Watson
Aunt Ada Greenfield
Known for
Waterloo Bridge
Song of the South
Hattie McDaniel
Violet
Known for
Gone with the Wind
Song of the South
Grant Mitchell
Joshua Mason
Known for
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Jerome Cowan
Jock Thompson
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
Miracle on 34th Street
Charles Trowbridge
Senator Ted Greenfield
Known for
The Mummy's Hand
Sergeant York
Thurston Hall
Oscar Worthington James
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Black Room
Russell Hicks
Colonel Harriston
Known for
Scarlet Street
The Little Foxes
Virginia Brissac
Sadie
Known for
Rebel Without a Cause
Monsieur Verdoux
J. Farrell MacDonald
Dr. Ferguson
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
My Darling Clementine
Edmund Goulding Director · Lenore J. Coffee Screenplay Polan Banks Author
Worldwide gross $689K · Budget $689K · United States release April 5, 1941
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Budget
$689,253
Worldwide gross
$689,253
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 5, 1941
Limited theatrical · Littleton, New Hampshire
United States
April 12, 1941 · Theatrical
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