Director: Preston Sturges

Writers: Monckton Hoffe; Preston Sturges

Musical Direction: Sigmund Krumgold

Producer: Paul Jones

Keywords: Romantic Comedy, Cruise

Charles Pike is heir to a brewery fortune but spends a year in the Amazon researching snakes. Returning on a transatlantic crossing, he lands in the crosshairs of three card sharps; one of them, Jean, falls in love with him. Their brief love affair ends when Pike's bodyguard discovers her true profession. Or does it? Received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Story. Entered 1994 into the National Film Registry.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Luis Alberni	Actor	4-Oct-1886	23-Dec-1962	Spanish-American character actor
Janet Beecher	Actor	21-Oct-1884	6-Aug-1955	The Mighty Barnum
Eric Blore	Actor	23-Dec-1887	2-Mar-1959	Sullivan's Travels
Charles Coburn	Actor	17-Jun-1877	30-Aug-1961	The More the Merrier
Melville Cooper	Actor	15-Oct-1896	31-Mar-1973	The Adventures of Robin Hood
William Demarest	Actor	27-Feb-1892	28-Dec-1983	The Great McGinty
Henry Fonda	Actor	16-May-1905	12-Aug-1982	12 Angry Men
Robert Greig	Actor	27-Dec-1879	27-Jun-1958	Sullivan's Travels
Martha O'Driscoll	Actor	4-Mar-1922	3-Nov-1998	Li'l Abner
Eugene Pallette	Actor	8-Jul-1889	3-Sep-1954	The Adventures of Robin Hood
Barbara Stanwyck	Actor	16-Jul-1907	20-Jan-1990	Double Indemnity

CAST

Barbara Stanwyck	...   Jean
Henry Fonda	...   Charles
With
Charles Coburn	...   "Colonel" Harrington
Eugene Pallette	...   Mr. Pike
William Demarest	...   Muggsy
Eric Blore	...   Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
Melville Cooper	...   Gerald
Martha O'Driscoll	...   Martha
Janet Beecher	...   Mrs. Pike
Robert Greig	...   Burrows
Dora Clement	...   Gertrude
Luis Alberni	...   Pike's Chef

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