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The Big Gamble (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1961 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard Fleischer
Elmo Williams

Written By:
Irwin Shaw

Actors:
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
J.G. Devlin ..... The Driving Instructor
Philip O'Flynn ..... John Brennan
Fergal Stanley ..... Davey Brennan
Jess Hahn ..... Ferguson, The first mate
Alain Saury ..... Lieutenant Francois
Jacques Marin ..... The Hotel Clerk

Synopsis:

This adventure melodrama concerns Vic Brennan (Stephen Boyd), who persuades his family to put up money for him to leave Dublin for the remote African town of Jebanda in order to start up a truck-hauling business. The family agrees to give Vic the money under the stipulation that his cousin Samuel (David Wayne), a bank clerk, go with him to protect their investment. Vic and Samuel arrive in the Ivory Coast along with Vic's bride Marie (Juliette Greco). Samuel loses their customs papers, and Vic's truck is impounded. Luckily, Marie recognizes a friend, a French naval captain, and he gets Vic's truck released. They then proceed onward toward Jebanda, but they have nothing but bad luck along the way - their truck crashes into a tree, and Vic has to bribe the natives with some beer to get the tree removed; a German guide tries to steal their cargo; and the African sun makes Samuel delirious, and he declares his love for Marie. Finally, the truck reaches a raging river. They try to cross it, and Vic is knocked unconscious by a log. Samuel must now find the courage to rescue Vic and continue on to Jebanda.

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