Film · Drama
The Great Lie (1941)
Sometimes there's a terrible penalty for telling the truth.
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
- Writers
- Lenore J. Coffee, Polan Banks
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- April 5, 1941
Cast
Bette DavisMaggie Patterson Van Allen
Mary AstorSandra Kovak
George BrentPeter 'Pete' Van Allen
Lucile WatsonAunt Ada Greenfield
Hattie McDanielViolet
Grant MitchellJoshua Mason
Jerome CowanJock Thompson
Charles TrowbridgeSenator Ted Greenfield
Thurston HallOscar Worthington James
Russell HicksColonel Harriston
Virginia BrissacSadie
J. Farrell MacDonaldDr. Ferguson
Addison RichardsMr. Talbot
Sam McDanielJefferson Washington
Gino CorradoConcert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)- Sam HarrisClub Patron (uncredited)
Doris LloydSandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited)
George H. ReedSenator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)
Cyril RingHarry Anderson (uncredited)- Ernestine WadeSinging Extra (uncredited)
