The Big Gamble
Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!
1961 · 1h 40m
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
,
Elmo Williams
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The Big Gamble
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.
Director and cast
- Richard Fleischer Director
- Elmo Williams Director
- Stephen Boyd as Vic Brennan
- Juliette Gréco as Marie
- David Wayne as Samuel Brennan
- Gregory Ratoff as Kaltenberg
- Sybil Thorndike as Aunt Cathleen
- Fernand Ledoux as Customs Official
- Marie Kean as Cynthia
- Harold Goldblatt as The Priest
- Maureen O'Dea as Margaret Brennan
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