The Mississippi Gambler
His game is fancy women ... and his fate is Lady Luck !
1953 · 1h 39m · Approved
Adventure, Romance, Western
Directed by
Rudolph Maté
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.
Director and cast
- Rudolph Maté Director
- Tyrone Power as Mark Fallon
- Piper Laurie as Angelique 'Leia' Dureau
- Julie Adams as Ann Conant (as Julia Adams)
- John McIntire as Kansas John Polly
- Paul Cavanagh as Edmond Dureau
- John Baer as Laurent Dureau
- Ron Randell as George Elwood
- Ralph Dumke as Caldwell
- Robert Warwick as Paul O. Monet
- William Reynolds Cast
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