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His game is fancy women ... and his fate is Lady Luck ! - The Mississippi Gambler
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Title: The Mississippi Gambler

Release Date: 29 Jan 1953

Runtime: 1h 39m

Genre: Romance, Adventure, Western

Director: Universal International Pictures

Production Companies: Universal International Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 7.2 (8 votes)

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
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