Sturges' dialogue, as always, is not only sharp, but cutting, delivered with typical flair by the charter members of Sturges' company of actors.
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07/20/02
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:21
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.5/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: In THE PALM BEACH STORY, directed by Preston Sturges, Gerry Jeffers (Claudette Colbert) dumps her husband because he has no money, then goes searching for a rich bachelor.
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee
Director: Preston Sturges
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Reviews for The Palm Beach Story
Hilarious, irresistible, impeccably cast.
02/09/06
It remains a delight.
11/13/07
Sturges at his confident best.
11/13/07
The lines come fast and furious.
01/01/00
It should have been a breathless comedy. But only the actors are breathless -- and that from talking so much.
05/20/03
No review available.
10/10/03
...screwball comedy of the highest order.
01/09/07
Way before there was "Mamet talk" there was "Sturges talk,"--and his humor is sharper pronged and more scathing."
01/20/05
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06/17/05
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06/12/05
One of Preston Sturges' best films.
08/01/05
No review available.
08/16/02
Rudy Vallee turns in his best performance as a gentle, puny millionaire named Hackensacker in this brilliant, simultaneously tender and scalding 1942 screwball comedy by Preston Sturges.
02/09/07
Top CriticPreston Sturges at his absolute funniest.
03/19/03
Sturges on the importance of money, sex, and guns -- not necessarily in that order.
03/10/03
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11/24/03
No review available.
10/07/05
Prime Preston Sturges, which means sublime sophisticated zaniness.
09/30/06
No review available.
05/19/05
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