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The Palm Beach Story

Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!

  • Movie
  • 1942
  • NR
  • 1h 28m

Directed by Preston Sturges

7.0

TMDB audience rating
7.0 out of 10 from 219 votes

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Overview

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

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Cast and crew

  • Claudette Colbert

    Claudette ColbertGeraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers

  • Joel McCrea

    Joel McCreaTom Jeffers

  • Mary Astor

    Mary AstorThe Princess Centimillia

  • Rudy Vallee

    Rudy ValleeJohn D. Hackensacker III

  • Sig Arno

    Sig ArnoToto

  • Robert Warwick

    Robert WarwickMr. Hinch

  • Arthur Stuart Hull

    Arthur Stuart HullMr. Osmond

  • Torben Meyer

    Torben MeyerDr. Kluck

  • Jimmy Conlin

    Jimmy ConlinMr. Asweld

  • Victor Potel

    Victor PotelMr. McKeewie

  • William Demarest

    William DemarestFirst Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Jack Norton

    Jack NortonSecond Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Robert Greig

    Robert GreigThird Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Roscoe Ates

    Roscoe AtesFourth Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Dewey Robinson

    Dewey RobinsonFifth Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Chester Conklin

    Chester ConklinSixth Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Sheldon JettSeventh Member Ale and Quail Club

  • Robert Dudley

    Robert DudleyWienie King

Director
Preston Sturges
Writer
Preston Sturges
Music
Victor Young
Cinematography
Victor Milner