The Big Gamble

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The Big Gamble (1961)

Directed by Elmo Williams, Richard Fleischer

“Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!”

Adventure, Action, Comedy, Drama · 1h 40m

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.

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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
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Maureen O'Dea Margaret Brennan

Crew

Director
Elmo Williams, Richard Fleischer
Writer
Irwin Shaw
Director of Photography
William C. Mellor
Editor
Roger Dwyre
Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck

Details

Release date
1961-07-25
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Adventure, Action, Comedy, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox