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Preston Sturges is at it again. The ingenious writer-director spins out a sinfully romantic comedy in The Lady Eve, and the lady of the title is Barbara Stanwyck. She s a calculating card shark who fleeces passengers on transatlantic ocean liners. When she discovers that an ingenious young millionaire (Henry Fonda) is on board, the scheming Stanwyck figures he ll be a pushover if she plays her cards right. Sure enough, he does fall for her, but surprise-she also falls for him. When he s tipped off that true romance is not in the cards because she s giving him a fast shuffle, Fonda s fondness fades. Now Stanwyck realizes that if she wants to win him back, she s got to stop her double-dealing, and she does but not before she turns up a few tricks of her own.

Posted: 1/25/2008 Length: 01:35:00 Price: $14.99 Video Type: Full Length