The Great Lie

Sometimes there's a terrible penalty for telling the truth.

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

Drama

Bette Davis

(Maggie Patterson Van Allen)

Mary Astor

(Sandra Kovak)

George Brent

(Peter 'Pete' Van Allen)

Lucile Watson

(Aunt Ada Greenfield)

Hattie McDaniel

(Violet)

Grant Mitchell

(Joshua Mason)

Jerome Cowan

(Jock Thompson)

Charles Trowbridge

(Senator Ted Greenfield)

Thurston Hall

(Oscar Worthington James)

Russell Hicks

(Colonel Harriston)

Virginia Brissac

(Sadie)

J. Farrell MacDonald

(Dr. Ferguson)

Addison Richards

(Mr. Talbot)

Sam McDaniel

(Jefferson Washington)

Gino Corrado

(Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Club Patron (uncredited))

Doris Lloyd

(Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited))

George H. Reed

(Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited))

Cyril Ring

(Harry Anderson (uncredited))

Ernestine Wade

(Singing Extra (uncredited))

Herschel Graham

(Club Patron (uncredited))