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The Palm Beach Story
“Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!”
7.0 / 10• 1942• 1h 28m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
Cast & Crew
Claudette Colbert
Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
Lead
Joel McCrea
Tom Jeffers
Mary Astor
The Princess Centimillia
Rudy Vallee
John D. Hackensacker III
Sig Arno
Toto
Robert Warwick
Mr. Hinch
Arthur Stuart Hull
Mr. Osmond
Torben Meyer
Dr. Kluck
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Preston Sturges's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Palm Beach Story is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
