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1942
  • Comedy
  • Romance

The Palm Beach Story

Love is fickle! love is is blind! she runs 'round the country...with him behind!
Runtime
1h 28m
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Countries
  • US
  • United States
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Languages
  • en
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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Preston Sturges
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Cast
Claudette Colbert
Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
Joel McCrea
Tom Jeffers
Mary Astor
The Princess Centimillia
Rudy Vallee
John D. Hackensacker III
Sig Arno
Toto
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Aug. 28, 1942
  • Original Language
    English
  • Production Companies
    • Paramount

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