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Mississippi

(1935)

March 22, 1935 1h 13m
68%
TMDB Score

Overview

A young pacifist, after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.

A. Edward Sutherland

Director

Top Billed Cast

BC

Bing Crosby

Tom Grayson

WF

W.C. Fields

Commodore Jackson

JB

Joan Bennett

Lucy

QS

Queenie Smith

Alabam

GP

Gail Patrick

Elvira

CG

Claude Gillingwater

General Rumford

JM

John Miljan

Major Patterson

JD

Jan Duggan

Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House

FK

Fred Kohler

Captain Blackie

EP

Edward Pawley

Joe Patterson