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The Big Gamble

The Big Gamble

★ 6.0/10•1961•1h 40m•Adventure•Action•Comedy

Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!

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.

Elmo Williams · Director

Irwin Shaw · Writer

Richard Fleischer · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageEN
Release DateJul 25, 1961

Actors

Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd

Vic Brennan

Juliette Gréco

Juliette Gréco

Marie

David Wayne

David Wayne

Samuel Brennan

Gregory Ratoff

Gregory Ratoff

Kaltenberg

Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike

Aunt Cathleen

Fernand Ledoux

Fernand Ledoux

Customs Official

Marie Kean

Marie Kean

Cynthia

Harold Goldblatt

Harold Goldblatt

The Priest

Maureen O'Dea

Margaret Brennan

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