

The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Movie · 1h 28m · NR
ComedyRomance
"Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Key crew
- Preston SturgesScreenplay
- Preston SturgesDirector
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Claudette ColbertGeraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
- Joel McCreaTom Jeffers
- Mary AstorThe Princess Centimillia
- Rudy ValleeJohn D. Hackensacker III
- Sig ArnoToto
- Robert WarwickMr. Hinch
- Arthur Stuart HullMr. Osmond
- Torben MeyerDr. Kluck
- Jimmy ConlinMr. Asweld
- Victor PotelMr. McKeewie
- William DemarestFirst Member Ale and Quail Club
- Jack NortonSecond Member Ale and Quail Club
Stills
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Themes
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