The Big Gamble
Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!
1961•1h 40m•6.0/10
AdventureActionComedyDrama
Ratings
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6.0/10(7)
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.
Production
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
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
Maureen O'Dea
Margaret Brennan
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