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The Great Lie

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The Great Lie

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

7.0

1h 48m

1941

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

Synopsis

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

Director

Edmund Goulding

Trailer

Drama

babymarried couplepregnancyseclusionadoptive mothermissing personnewlywedbiological motherexpectant motherconcert pianistmissing husbandbelieved dead

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Cast & Crew

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

as Maggie Patterson Van Allen

Mary Astor

Mary Astor

as Sandra Kovak

George Brent

George Brent

as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

Lucile Watson

Lucile Watson

as Aunt Ada Greenfield

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel

as Violet

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

as Joshua Mason

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

as Jock Thompson

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

as Senator Ted Greenfield

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

as Oscar Worthington James

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