The Big Gamble

Jul 25, 1961

1h 40m

★ 5.7

Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!

Overview

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.

Genres

Adventure

Action

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Darryl F. Zanuck Productions

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Vic Brennan

Stephen Boyd

Marie

Juliette Gréco

Samuel Brennan

David Wayne

Kaltenberg

Gregory Ratoff

Aunt Cathleen

Sybil Thorndike

Customs Official

Fernand Ledoux

Cynthia

Marie Kean

The Priest

Harold Goldblatt

Margaret Brennan

Maureen O'Dea

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