The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

1942 · 88 min · EN · NR · 7.0 (164 votes)
Dir. Preston Sturges · Starring Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, Sig Arno, Robert Warwick · Music Victor Young

Love is fickle! Love is is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!

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A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry (Geraldine), decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

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A delightful battle of wits and wills unfolds amidst high society. It's a breezy, charming affair about love, money, and the delightful absurdity of marriage, delivered with Preston Sturges' signature wit.

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