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The Great Lie

The Great Lie Full Cast & Crew

1941Movie"Sometimes there's a terrible penalty for telling the truth."

Cast

B
Bette Davis
as Maggie Patterson Van Allen
M
Mary Astor
as Sandra Kovak
G
George Brent
as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
L
Lucile Watson
as Aunt Ada Greenfield
H
Hattie McDaniel
as Violet
G
Grant Mitchell
as Joshua Mason
J
Jerome Cowan
as Jock Thompson
C
Charles Trowbridge
as Senator Ted Greenfield
T
Thurston Hall
as Oscar Worthington James
R
Russell Hicks
as Colonel Harriston
V
Virginia Brissac
as Sadie
J
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Dr. Ferguson
A
Addison Richards
as Mr. Talbot
S
Sam McDaniel
as Jefferson Washington
G
Gino Corrado
as Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)
S
Sam Harris
as Club Patron (uncredited)
D
Doris Lloyd
as Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited)
G
George H. Reed
as Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)
C
Cyril Ring
as Harry Anderson (uncredited)
E
Ernestine Wade
as Singing Extra (uncredited)
H
Herschel Graham
as Club Patron (uncredited)

Crew

E
Edmund Goulding
Director
L
Lenore J. Coffee
Screenplay
P
Polan Banks
Novel
H
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
B
Byron Haskin
Special Effects
L
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
R
Robert Burks
Special Effects
R
Ray Heindorf
Orchestrator
T
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
P
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
O
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
H
Henry Blanke
Associate Producer
C
Carl Jules Weyl
Art Direction
M
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
R
Ralph Dawson
Editor
H
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
J
Jack Sullivan
Assistant Director
C
C.A. Riggs
Sound