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.
Cast
Bette Davis
Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Mary Astor
Sandra Kovak
George Brent
Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
Lucile Watson
Aunt Ada Greenfield
Hattie McDaniel
Violet
Grant Mitchell
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
Dr. Ferguson
Addison Richards
Mr. Talbot
Sam McDaniel
Jefferson Washington
Gino Corrado
Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Club Patron (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Harry Anderson (uncredited)
Ernestine Wade
Singing Extra (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Club Patron (uncredited)
Crew
Edmund Goulding
Director
Lenore J. Coffee
Screenplay
Polan Banks
Novel
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
Byron Haskin
Special Effects
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Robert Burks
Special Effects
Ray Heindorf
Orchestrator
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Henry Blanke
Associate Producer
Carl Jules Weyl
Art Direction
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack Sullivan
Assistant Director
C.A. Riggs
Sound