The Great Lie

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

Cast

Bette Davis

as Maggie Patterson Van Allen

Mary Astor

as Sandra Kovak

George Brent

as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

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 Colonel Harriston

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