A classic Preston Sturges screwball comedy, THE LADY EVE (1941) stars AFI Life Achievement Award honorees Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda as a con woman and a hapless heir to a brewery fortune (respectively), who fall in love while on an ocean liner. The film is ranked by the American Film Institute among the greatest romances and comedies of all time.
Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE LADY EVE.
