Con artists Jean Harrington and her father Charles are delighted that Charles Pike, heir to a brewing company, is also aboard their ship. Shy, snake-expert Charles is returning from a year-long Amazon expedition so Jean's full-on attack has him literally head-over-heels in love.
But just as Jean realizes she really is in love with Charles, he has discovered who the Harringtons are and he rejects her.
Undeterred, Jean joins another con-artist masquerading as an English lord to get invited to Charles' family mansion as newly-arrived Lady Eve Sidwich.
Charles cannot believe Jean would be so brazen to play him again so literally falls for Lady Eve and proposes marriage - and that's when the real trouble starts!
Shelf or charity shop? The fizzy combination of Barbara Stanwyck's delicious performance, Henry Fonda's willingness to play the innocent fool and the delightful support from Charles Coburn as Jean's father, Eric Blore as the fake English lord and William Demerest as Charles' no-nonsense bodyguard make this one I want to keep - it will stay in DVD limbo, kept in a paper sleeve in a plastic storage box!
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