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The Great Lie

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Romantic melodrama starring Bette Davis George Brent
After the annulment of his hasty marriage to Sandra, aviator-explorer Peter Van Allen marries Maggie, the woman he really loves. While Peter is away on a remote expedition, Sandra reveals that she is going to have his baby.
Director Edmund Goulding (1941)
SEE FILMS pages 67-72

Contributors

Unknown:
Bette Davis
Unknown:
George Brent
Unknown:
Peter Van
Director:
Edmund Goulding
Maggie:
Bette Davis
Pete:
George Brent
Sandra:
Mary Astor
Aunt Ada:
Lucile Watson
Violet:
Hattie McDaniel
Joshua Mason:
Grant Mitchell
Jock Thompson:
Jerome Cowan
Senator Greenfield:
Charles Trowbridge
Worthington James:
Thurston Hall
Col Harriston:
Russell Hicks
Sadie:
Virginia Brissac
Ed:
Olin Howland
Source: Radio Times

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