The Mississippi Gambler

January. 29,1953      NR
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Tyrone Power as  Mark Fallon
Piper Laurie as  Angelique 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 as  Pierre

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