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The Great Lie (1941) Poster

(1941)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Edmund Goulding

Writing Credits  

Lenore J. Coffee ... (screen play) (as Lenore Coffee)
 
Polan Banks ... (from a novel by)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Bette Davis ... Maggie
George Brent ... Peter
Mary Astor ... Sandra
Lucile Watson ... Aunt Ada
Hattie McDaniel ... Violet
Grant Mitchell ... Joshua Mason
Jerome Cowan ... Jock Thompson
Charles Trowbridge ... Senator Greenfield
Thurston Hall ... Worthington James
Russell Hicks ... Colonel Harriston
Virginia Brissac ... Sadie
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Dr. Ferguson (as J. Farrell Macdonald)
Addison Richards ... Mr. Talbot
Sam McDaniel ... Jefferson
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Olin Howland ... Ed - Arizona Ranch Hand (scenes deleted)
Georgia Caine ... Mrs. Pine (uncredited)
Marguerite Chapman ... Enthusiastic Film Fan in Trailer (uncredited)
Richard Clayton Richard Clayton ... Page Boy (uncredited)
Gino Corrado ... Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)
Faye Emerson ... Enthusiastic Film Fan in Trailer (uncredited)
Billy Eugene Ferris Billy Eugene Ferris ... Pete Van Allen Jr. #1 (uncredited)
George Ford ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton Shep Houghton ... Club Patron (uncredited)
George Kirby George Kirby ... Minister (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd ... Bertha - Sandra's Maid (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell ... Backstage Waiter (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer ... Man Greeting Sandra Backstage (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard ... Waiter (uncredited)
George Reed ... Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)
Georges Renavent ... Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
Cyril Ring ... Harry Anderson (uncredited)
Napoleon Simpson Napoleon Simpson ... Parker - Greenfield's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Timony Tennyson Timony Tennyson ... Pete Van Allen Jr. #2 (uncredited)
Leo White ... Waiter (uncredited)
Lottie Williams Lottie Williams ... Woman with Minister at Maggie's (uncredited)
Charlotte Wynters ... Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)

Produced by 

Henry Blanke ... associate producer
Hal B. Wallis ... executive producer

Music by 

Max Steiner

Cinematography by 

Tony Gaudio ... director of photography

Editing by 

Ralph Dawson ... film editor

Art Direction by 

Carl Jules Weyl

Costume Design by 

Orry-Kelly ... (gowns)

Makeup Department 

Perc Westmore ... makeup artist

Production Management 

Frank Mattison ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Jack Sullivan ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department 

C.A. Riggs ... sound

Special Effects by 

Robert Burks ... special effects
Byron Haskin ... special effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department 

Leo F. Forbstein ... musical director
Hugo Friedhofer ... orchestral arrangements
Ray Heindorf ... orchestral arrangements
Max Rabinowitz ... musician: piano (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Norma Drury ... stand-in: hands playing piano (uncredited)
Crew verified as complete

See also

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