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The Big Gamble(1961)
Status: Released
Date: 1961-07-25
57%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Movie: The Big Gamble
Top 9 Billed 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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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.
Release Date
1961-07-25
Average
5.7
Rating:
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Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!
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