The Gambler from Natchez

1954
A
1h 28m

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Debra Paget and Dale Robertson in The Gambler from Natchez (1954)

In New Orleans, discharged army Captain Vance Colby learns of his father's killing done by three local Creole gents at a card game, and he sets out to punish the killers.In New Orleans, discharged army Captain Vance Colby learns of his father's killing done by three local Creole gents at a card game, and he sets out to punish the killers.In New Orleans, discharged army Captain Vance Colby learns of his father's killing done by three local Creole gents at a card game, and he sets out to punish the killers.

Director
- Henry Levin
Writers
- Gerald Drayson Adams
- Irving Wallace
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6.7/10

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Director
- Henry Levin
Writers
- Gerald Drayson Adams
- Irving Wallace
Stars

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Dale Robertson

Vance Colby

Debra Paget

Melanie Barbee

Thomas Gomez

Captain Antoine Barbee

Lisa Daniels

Ivette Rivage

Kevin McCarthy

André Rivage

Douglas Dick

Claude St. Germaine

John Wengraf

Nicholas Cadiz

Donald Randolph

Pierre Bonet
(as Don Randolph)

Henri Letondal

Police Commissioner Robert Renard

Jay Novello

René Garonne

Woody Strode

Josh

Aladdin

Riverboat Violinist
(uncredited)

Parley Baer

Riverboat Captain
(uncredited)

Frank Baker

Gambling House Bartender
(uncredited)

Eumenio Blanco

Gambling House Patron
(uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Townsman in Lobby
(uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Gambling House Patron
(uncredited)

George Calliga

Gambling House Patron
(uncredited)

Director
- Henry Levin
Writers
- Gerald Drayson Adams
- Irving Wallace
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Trivia
When Commissioner Renard tells Vance Colby the names of the witnesses to his father's death, Vance writes the names on a card - the 3 of spades - having no other paper on him. As each man dies, Vance tears of a piece and tosses it away. When the last of the three (Rivage) dies in a duel with Vance and falls into the river, Vance tosses the card remnant after him. As it floats by, it is no longer a 3 but an ace of spades, which, according to ancient legend, is the symbol of death.

Goofs
The movie is set in the 1840s, but all of the playing cards seen have corner and edge indices (i.e. the value of the card printed at the corner(s) of the card): a feature not found on American decks before 1864.

Connections
Remake of The Mississippi Gambler (1953)

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River boat western

This bland western made by Henry Levin belongs to the category of westerns that I will call "riverboat westerns", and taking place around Mississippi river as MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER, DUEL ON THE MISSISSIPPI, RAWHIDE YEARS, IRON MISTRESS and several others which I don't have titles now in my head. There is no Indian war, no cavalry, no desert of course, no small town, no sheriff. So it is more adventure movies than purely westerns. It is question of riverboats, gamblers, French descent supporting or not characters, honor duels at dawn in a field with witnesses. A quite good atmosphere. So, this remains a quite smooth and a bit boring time waster, but not a milestone in Henry Levin's career. Kevin McCarthy is excelelnt as the villain.