Film
The Big Gamble
1961 · 1h 40m · Adventure · Action · Comedy
Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!
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Overview
Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.
Cast
Stephen Boyd
Vic Brennan
Juliette Gréco
Marie
David Wayne
Samuel Brennan
Gregory Ratoff
Kaltenberg
Sybil Thorndike
Aunt Cathleen
Fernand Ledoux
Customs Official
Marie Kean
Cynthia
Harold Goldblatt
The Priest
Maureen O'Dea
Margaret Brennan
Crew
- Elmo WilliamsDirector
- Richard FleischerDirector
- Irwin ShawWriter
- Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
- William C. MellorDirector of Photography
- Roger DwyreEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 25, 1961
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Adventure, Action, Comedy, Drama
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