---
title: 'The Great Lie (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edmund Goulding'
released: '1941-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-lie-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033677/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Lie (1941)

1941 · 107 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Great Lie is a 1941 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding, and starring Bette Davis, George Brent and Mary Astor. The screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee is based on the novel January Heights by Polan Banks.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edmund Goulding](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-goulding)
- **Screenplay:** [Lenore J. Coffee](https://cinepixo.com/people/lenore-j-coffee)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tony Gaudio](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-gaudio)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Dawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-dawson)

## Cast

- [Georges Renavent](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-renavent)
- [Thurston Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/thurston-hall)
- [Hildegard Krekel](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegard-krekel)
- [Bette Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-davis)
- [J. Farrell MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-farrell-macdonald)
- [Lucile Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucile-watson)
- [Sam McDaniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-mcdaniel)
- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd)
- [Virginia Brissac](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-brissac)
- [Addison Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/addison-richards)
- [Grant Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/grant-mitchell)
- [Mary Astor](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-astor)
- [George Brent](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-brent)
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-trowbridge)
- [Jerome Cowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-cowan)

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