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The Mississippi Gambler

His game is fancy women ... and his fate is Lady Luck !

Starring: Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Paul Cavanagh

Writer: Seton I. Miller, Seton I. Miller

Release Date:
January 29, 1953
Ratings:
7.2 / 10
Director:
Rudolph Maté
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.