The Great Lie
“Sometimes there's a terrible penalty for telling the truth.”
1941 · 1 h 48 min
Directed by 
Edmund Goulding
Edmund GouldingCast
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Plot
A woman raises the child of her husband's former lover after he dies in a crash, while the pianist mother stays in the shadows.
Sinekatalog’s take
Edmund Goulding's melodrama, with Bette Davis, Mary Astor and George Brent, is stagey but gripping; Astor won an Oscar.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (4,765 votes)
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