The Magnificent Lie

A nightclub singer, taking pity on a blind soldier, pretends that she is the woman he once loved before he was wounded.

Cast

Ruth Chatterton

as Poll

Ralph Bellamy

as Bill Childers

Stuart Erwin

as Elmer Graham

Françoise Rosay

as Rosa Duchêne

Sam Hardy

as Larry

Charles Boyer

as Jacques

Tyler Brooke

as Pierre LeCoeur

Tyrell Davis

as Clarence

Jean Del Val

as Stage Manager

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