The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!

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.

Date of release
1942-08-28
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (214)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Preston Sturges

Casting

  • Claudette Colbert — Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
  • 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
  • Jimmy Conlin — Mr. Asweld
  • Victor Potel — Mr. McKeewie
  • William Demarest — First Member Ale and Quail Club
  • Jack Norton — Second Member Ale and Quail Club

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