The Great Lie
“Sometimes there's a terrible penalty for telling the truth.”
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Great Lie performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$689,253
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$99K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Bette Davis
Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Sandra Kovak
Mary Astor
Sandra Kovak
Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
George Brent
Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
Aunt Ada Greenfield
Lucile Watson
Aunt Ada Greenfield
Violet
Hattie McDaniel
Violet
Joshua Mason
Grant Mitchell
Joshua Mason
Jock Thompson
Jerome Cowan
Jock Thompson
Senator Ted Greenfield
Charles Trowbridge
Senator Ted Greenfield
Oscar Worthington James
Thurston Hall
Oscar Worthington James
Colonel Harriston
Russell Hicks
Colonel Harriston
Sadie
Virginia Brissac
Sadie
Dr. Ferguson
J. Farrell MacDonald
Dr. Ferguson
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