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The Palm Beach Story (1942)

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

  • Aug 28, 1942
  • 1h 28m
  • NR

7.0/10

TMDB user score
218 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

The Palm Beach Story is a 1942 comedy and romance film directed by Preston Sturges. Its leading cast includes Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea and Mary Astor. It runs for 1 hour 28 minutes.

Synopsis

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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Before You Pick

Time needed
1 hour 28 minutes
Age rating (US)
NR
Language
English
Audience signal
7.0/10 from 218 TMDB votes

Trailer

The Palm Beach Story ≣ 1942 ≣ Trailer · plays from YouTube

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Cast

  • Claudette Colbert Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
  • Joel McCrea Tom Jeffers
  • Mary Astor The Princess Centimillia
  • Rudy Vallee John D. Hackensacker III
  • Sig Arno Toto
  • Robert Warwick Mr. Hinch
  • Arthur Stuart Hull Mr. Osmond
  • Torben Meyer Dr. Kluck
  • Jimmy Conlin Mr. Asweld
  • Victor Potel Mr. McKeewie
  • William Demarest First Member Ale and Quail Club
  • Jack Norton Second Member Ale and Quail Club
  • Robert Greig Third Member Ale and Quail Club
  • Roscoe Ates Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
  • Dewey Robinson Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club
  • Chester Conklin Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club
  • Sheldon Jett Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club
  • Robert Dudley Wienie King

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