Movie: The Big Gamble

Top 9 Billed Cast

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
Maureen O'Dea

Margaret Brennan

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    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:

    2.9 starts
  • Tagline

    Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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