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The Big Gamble

(1961)

July 25, 1961• 1h 40m
57%
TMDB Score

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.

Elmo Williams

Director

Top Billed Cast

SB

Stephen Boyd

Vic Brennan

JG

Juliette Gréco

Marie

DW

David Wayne

Samuel Brennan

GR

Gregory Ratoff

Kaltenberg

ST

Sybil Thorndike

Aunt Cathleen

FL

Fernand Ledoux

Customs Official

MK

Marie Kean

Cynthia

HG

Harold Goldblatt

The Priest

MO

Maureen O'Dea

Margaret Brennan

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