Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Janet Beecher. Title and credits from screen. Based on the story by Monckton Hoffe. Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. Special features: Audio commentary form 2001 with Marian Keane; Introduction from 2001 by Peter Bogdonavich; Interview from 2020 with Tom Sturges and friends; The lady deceives (new video essay by David Cairns); Costume designs by Edith Head; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1942; audio recording of "Up the Amazon"; trailer; essay by Geoffrey O'Brien and a 1946 profile of Surges from Life Magazine.
Summary:
Barbara Stanwyck sizzles, Henry Fonda bumbles, and Preston Sturges runs riot in one of the all-time great screwballs, a pitch-perfect blend of comic zing and swoon worthy romance that Sturges wrote, directed, and produced. Aboard a cruise liner sailing up the coast of South America, Stanwyck's conniving card sharp sets her sights on Fonda's nerdy snake researcher, who happens to be the heir to a brewery fortune. But when the con artist falls for her mark, her grift becomes a game of hearts-- and she is determined to win it all.
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