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The Palm Beach Story (1942)

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Love is fickle! Love is 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Preston Sturges
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    Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers Claudette Colbert
  • Profile picture of Joel McCrea
    Tom Jeffers Joel McCrea
  • Profile picture of Mary Astor
    The Princess Centimillia Mary Astor
  • Profile picture of Rudy Vallee
    John D. Hackensacker III Rudy Vallee
  • Profile picture of Sig Arno
    Toto Sig Arno
  • Profile picture of Robert Warwick
    Mr. Hinch Robert Warwick
  • Profile picture of Arthur Stuart Hull
    Mr. Osmond Arthur Stuart Hull
  • Profile picture of Torben Meyer
    Dr. Kluck Torben Meyer

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