The Mississippi Gambler

7.2 / 10

(7 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Romance,

Western,

Drama

Duration:

99 minutes

Year:

1953

Director:

Rudolph Maté

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Company:

Universal International Pictures

Cast:
Tyrone Power

Mark Fallon

Piper Laurie

Angelique Dureau

Julie Adams

Ann Conant (as Julia Adams)

John McIntire

Kansas John Polly

Paul Cavanagh

Edmond Dureau

Crew:
Rudolph Maté

Director

Seton I. Miller

Screenplay

Ted Richmond

Producer

Frank Skinner

Music

Irving Glassberg

Director of Photography