The Mississippi Gambler

Release Year
1953
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Western
Directed By
Rudolph Maté
The Mississippi Gambler

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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