The Mississippi Gambler

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

1/29/19531h 39min7.2/10(12 TMDB votes)

RomanceAdventureWestern

Directed by Rudolph Maté

Plot

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.