The Mississippi Gambler backdrop

The Mississippi Gambler 1953 Directed by Rudolph Maté

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

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 USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Release Date 29 January 1953
99 mins
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
John Baer Laurent Dureau
Ron Randell George Elwood
Ralph Dumke Caldwell
Robert Warwick Paul O. Monet
Dennis Weaver Julian Contant
James Adamson Steward at Fencing Club (uncredited)
Leon Alton Fencing Student (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson Bellhop (uncredited)
Carl Andre Mate on the Sultana (uncredited)
LeRoi Antoine Singer (uncredited)
Walter Bacon Townsman (uncredited)
John Barton Riverboat Passenger
Mary Bayless Party Guest (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont Kennerly (uncredited)
Frederic Berest Carnes (uncredited)
Paul Bradley Gamber (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks Card Player (uncredited)
Ivan Browning Waiter (uncredited)
Dorothy Bruce Girl (uncredited)
George Bruggeman Fencing Student (uncredited)
Eduardo Cansino Jr. Bit Part (uncredited)
Albert Cavens Etienne - Fencing Instructor (uncredited)
Fred Cavens Emile Maitre - Fencing Master (uncredited)
André Charlot Keith (uncredited)