The Great Lie

Sometimes there's a terrible penalty for telling the truth.

Duration: 108 min

Release date: 1941-04-05

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

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as Maggie Patterson Van Allen

as Sandra Kovak

as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

as Aunt Ada Greenfield

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel

as Joshua Mason

as Jock Thompson

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

as Senator Ted Greenfield

as Oscar Worthington James

as Colonel Harriston

Virginia Brissac

Virginia Brissac

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

as Dr. Ferguson

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

as Jefferson Washington

as Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)

as Club Patron (uncredited)

as Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited)

as Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)

as Harry Anderson (uncredited)

as Singing Extra (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Herschel Graham

as Club Patron (uncredited)

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Lenore J. Coffee

Lenore J. Coffee

Edmund Goulding

Edmund Goulding

Special Effects

Special Effects

Leo F. Forbstein

Leo F. Forbstein

Hugo Friedhofer

Hugo Friedhofer

Associate Producer

Assistant Director

Original Music Composer

Executive Producer

Carl Jules Weyl

Carl Jules Weyl

Director of Photography

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