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.

Bette Davis

Maggie Patterson Van Allen

George Brent

Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

Mary Astor

Sandra Kovak

Hattie McDaniel

Violet

Lucile Watson

Aunt Ada Greenfield

Grant Mitchell

Joshua Mason

Jerome Cowan

Jock Thompson

Thurston Hall

Oscar Worthington James

Sam McDaniel

Jefferson Washington

Charles Trowbridge

Senator Ted Greenfield

Russell Hicks

Colonel Harriston

Virginia Brissac

Sadie

J. Farrell MacDonald

Dr. Ferguson

Addison Richards

Mr. Talbot

Gino Corrado

Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd

Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Club Patron (uncredited)

George Reed

Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)