The Great Lie

(1941)

108 minutes

Drama

Directed by Edmund Goulding

Cast:

Bette Davis as Maggie Patterson
George Brent as Peter Van Allen
Mary Astor as Sandra Kovak
Lucile Watson as Aunt Ada Greenfield
Hattie McDaniel as Violet
Grant Mitchell as Joshua Mason
Jerome Cowan as Jock Thompson
Charles Trowbridge as Senator Ted Greenfield
Thurston Hall as Oscar Worthington James
Russell Hicks as Col. Harriston 
Airginia Brissac as Sadie 
J. Farrell MacDonald as Dr. Ferguson  
Addison Richards as Mr. Talbot 
Sam McDaniel as Jefferson Washington  
 
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Sandra and Pete run away to marry one another, yet Sandra’s divorce is not finalized. She becomes pregnant with Pete’s baby, but he marries his former girlfriend, Maggie. Pete’s plane crashes on its way to South America , so Maggie pays Sandra to adopt the baby. However, Pete never died and returns to two women competing for his affections and the baby.