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1961

The Big Gamble

Directed by Elmo Williams
Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!

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.

Duration

1h 40m

Released

July 25, 1961

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Cast9

  • Stephen Boyd
  • Juliette Gréco
  • David Wayne
  • Gregory Ratoff
  • Sybil Thorndike
  • Fernand Ledoux
  • Marie Kean
  • Harold Goldblatt
  • Maureen O'Dea

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