My 150 Favorite Movies - #129
The Lady Eve (1941)
Shakespeare may not have been thinking about Barbara Stanwyck when he wrote, "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety," but he may as well have been. This most versatile of 20th-century actresses could play anything, from a sloe-eyed vamp, to a hard-driving cattle baron, to, as here, a glamorous card sharp who falls for her mark. Henry Fonda more than holds his own as her hapless prey. Preston Sturges's usual gang of suspects bring up the rear. This movie also contains one of the all-time sexiest scenes in cinema here.
Shakespeare may not have been thinking about Barbara Stanwyck when he wrote, "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety," but he may as well have been. This most versatile of 20th-century actresses could play anything, from a sloe-eyed vamp, to a hard-driving cattle baron, to, as here, a glamorous card sharp who falls for her mark. Henry Fonda more than holds his own as her hapless prey. Preston Sturges's usual gang of suspects bring up the rear. This movie also contains one of the all-time sexiest scenes in cinema here.
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