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The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Director: Preston Sturges
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Sturges was riding high in the early '40s, writing and directing comedies of such density and wit that a moment's inattention might make an audience miss six great one-liners, five amazing bits of business, four eight-syllable words, and three crowd scenes. And few of his films were as smoothly accomplished as The Palm Beach Story, a knowing satire on the driving forces of sex and money, with Colbert fleeing from her righteous and penniless husband into the ridiculous arms of yachtsman billionaire Rudy Vallee. Hilarious, irresistible, impeccably cast.Author: GB
Cast & crew
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Rudy Vallee, Mary Astor, Sig Arno, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 90 mins
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