---
title: 'The Lady Eve (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Preston Sturges'
released: '1941-02-25'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lady-eve-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033804/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lady Eve (1941)

1941 · 97 min · Crime, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Lady Eve is a 1941 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. The film is based on a story by Monckton Hoffe about a mismatched couple who meet on board an ocean liner. Regarded amongst the greatest films of all time, The Lady Eve was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1994 by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Preston Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/preston-sturges)
- **Screenplay:** [Preston Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/preston-sturges), [Monckton Hoffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/monckton-hoffe)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Phil Boutelje](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-boutelje)
- **Producer:** [Paul Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-jones)
- **Director of Photography:** [Victor Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-milner)
- **Editor:** [Stuart Gilmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-gilmore)

## Cast

- [Eugene Pallette](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-pallette)
- [Melville Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/melville-cooper)
- [William Demarest](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-demarest)
- [Henry Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-fonda)
- [Eric Blore](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-blore)
- [Jimmy Conlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-conlin)
- [Luis Alberni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-alberni)
- [Janet Beecher](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-beecher)
- [Martha O'Driscoll](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-o-driscoll)
- [Charles Coburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-coburn)
- [Robert Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greig)
- [Barbara Stanwyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-stanwyck)

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