One of the screwball greats, The Lady Eve has all the hallmarks of the genre – on a cruise. Barbara Stanwyck plays what she plays best, a gorgeous con girl wooing a bumbling Henry Fonda as the clueless heir to an ale fortune. Stanwyck, her equally conny father, and her famous wiles shake up inexperienced nerd Fonda – but she might have to compete both with the other broads aboard the boat and the soft feelings she may have faked a little too well toward him as the scheme comes to a close… – Lina Fisher