Drama · United States of America · 1941 · 1h 48m

The Great Lie

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Director
Edmund Goulding
Cast
Bette Davis as Maggie Patterson Van Allen Mary Astor as Sandra Kovak George Brent as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen Lucile Watson as Aunt Ada Greenfield Hattie McDaniel as Violet Grant Mitchell as Joshua Mason
Crew
Tony Gaudio — Director of Photography Ralph Dawson — Editor Max Steiner — Original Music Composer Lenore J. Coffee — Screenplay Polan Banks — Novel Orry-Kelly — Costume Design
Tagline

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.

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Mood & Themes
babymarried couplepregnancyseclusionadoptive mothermissing personnewlywedbiological motherexpectant motherconcert pianistmissing husbandbelieved dead
Key Collaborators
Edmund Goulding Director Tony Gaudio Director of Photography Ralph Dawson Editor Max Steiner Original Music Composer Lenore J. Coffee Screenplay Polan Banks Novel Orry-Kelly Costume Design
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