The Mississippi Gambler

Jan 29, 1953

1h 39m

★ 7.2

His game is fancy women ... and his fate is Lady Luck !

Overview

Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.

Genres

Romance

Adventure

Western

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Mark Fallon

Tyrone Power

Angelique Dureau

Piper Laurie

Ann Conant (as Julia Adams)

Julie Adams

Kansas John Polly

John McIntire

Edmond Dureau

Paul Cavanagh

Laurent Dureau

John Baer

George Elwood

Ron Randell

Caldwell

Ralph Dumke

Paul O. Monet

Robert Warwick

Pierre

William Reynolds

Andre

Guy Williams

Man

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