- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1941-04-12
- Director: Edmund Goulding (1891–1959)
- Writers: Lenore J. Coffee , Polan Banks
- Language: English
- Stars: Bette Davis (1908–1989) , George Brent , Mary Astor , Lucile Watson , Hattie McDaniel , Grant Mitchell (I) (1874–1957) , Jerome Cowan , Charles Trowbridge , Thurston Hall , Russell Hicks
- Runtime: 108 min
- Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins total
- AKA: Le grand mensonge (France, French Republic) , The Great Lie (United Kingdom) , To megalo psemma (Greece) , Far Horizon (United States of America) , La gran mentira (Spain) , Wielkie kłamstwo (Poland) , The Great Lie , De groote leugen (Belgium) , A Grande Mentira (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Великая ложь , 偉大な嘘 (Japan) , La grande menzogna (Italy) , Büyük yalan (Turkey) , La gran mentira (Argentina) , Vertauschtes Glück (Germany) , The Great Lie (United States of America) , Suuri valhe (Finland) , A Grande Mentira (Brazil) , La gran mentira (Mexico) , Women of the World (United States of America) , A nagy hazugság (Hungary) , January Heights (United States of America) , The Great Lie (Canada) , Den store løgnen (Norway) , Den store løgn (Denmark) , Het verloren spel (Netherlands the) , Le grand mensonge (Belgium) , Den stora lögnen (Sweden)
- Plot:
Days after Sandra and Pete elope, they discover their consummated union isn’t valid since, unbeknownst to them, Sandra’s divorce isn’t yet final. They decide to not stay together, but, by then, Sandra is pregnant. She doesn’t learn that fact until after Pete marries his former fiancee Maggie. Pete, unaware of the baby, flies to South America on business. While there, a flight he is on goes missing and all onboard are presumed dead. Maggie persuades Sandra to let her adopt the baby, so she can raise it as Pete’s legitimate child. Months later Pete – alive after all – returns. Sandra and Maggie contend for him and the baby.
- IMDB:tt0033677
The Great Lie Cast · · · ALL
Edmund Goulding
(1891–1959)
Director
Bette Davis
(1908–1989)
Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Mary Astor
Sandra Kovak
George Brent
Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
Lucile Watson
Aunt Ada Greenfield
Hattie McDaniel
Violet
Grant Mitchell
(I)
(1874–1957)
Joshua Mason
Jerome Cowan
Jock Thompson
Charles Trowbridge
Senator Ted Greenfield
Thurston Hall
Oscar Worthington James
Russell Hicks
Colonel Harriston
Virginia Brissac
Sadie
J. Farrell MacDonald
(1875–1952)
Dr. Ferguson
Addison Richards
Mr. Talbot
Sam McDaniel
Jefferson Washington
Gino Corrado
Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)
Sam Harris
(II)
(1877–1969)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
(1896–1968)
Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited)
George Reed
Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Harry Anderson (uncredited)
Ernestine Wade
Singing Extra (uncredited)