The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Directed by Preston Sturges

The Palm Beach Story movie poster

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

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Victor Milner · Composer: Victor Young · Editor: Stuart Gilmore

Production: Paramount Pictures

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