River Lady

May 20, 1948

1h 18m

★ 5.0

Gambling mistress of the untamed Mississippi where men are as good as their fists and women as good as their kisses!

Overview

In the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a conflict between the people of a mill town and the lumberjacks who work downriver. Romance and deceit are catalyzed by the arrival of the gambling river boat, River Lady, owned by the beautiful Sequin. Bauvais, a representative of the local lumber syndicate and Sequin's business partner, is trying to convince H.L. Morrison, the mill owner, to sell his business.

Genres

Action

Drama

Western

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Sequin

Yvonne De Carlo

Beauvais

Dan Duryea

Dan Corrigan

Rod Cameron

Stephanie Morrison

Helena Carter

Mike Riley

Lloyd Gough

Ma Dunnegan

Florence Bates

H.L. Morrison

John McIntire

Swede

Jack Lambert

Mrs. Morrison

Esther Somers

Esther

Anita Turner

Rider

Edmund Cobb

Bouncer

Dewey Robinson

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