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The Great Lie

7.019411h 48mNRMovieDrama

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

DirectorEdmund Goulding
WriterLenore J. Coffee
ProducerHal B. Wallis

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Cast · Directed by Edmund Goulding

BDBette Davis
Bette Davis
Maggie Patterson Van Allen
MAMary Astor
Mary Astor
Sandra Kovak
GBGeorge Brent
George Brent
Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
LWLucile Watson
Lucile Watson
Aunt Ada Greenfield
HMHattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel
Violet
GMGrant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell
Joshua Mason
JCJerome Cowan
Jerome Cowan
Jock Thompson
CTCharles Trowbridge
Charles Trowbridge
Senator Ted Greenfield
THThurston Hall
Thurston Hall
Oscar Worthington James
RHRussell Hicks
Russell Hicks
Colonel Harriston
VBVirginia Brissac
Virginia Brissac
Sadie
JMJ. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald
Dr. Ferguson

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