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Mississippi (1935)

"SAIL AWAY ON A CRUISE OF MERRIMENT & MELODY"

6.7/10 1h 13m Mar 22, 1935
Music Comedy

A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.

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Movie Details

Original Title Mississippi
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.5

Cast

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Tom Grayson
Popularity: 1.1
W.C. Fields
W.C. Fields
Commodore Jackson
Popularity: 1.5
Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett
Lucy
Popularity: 13.2
Queenie Smith
Queenie Smith
Alabam
Popularity: 1.7
Gail Patrick
Gail Patrick
Elvira
Popularity: 4.9
Claude Gillingwater
Claude Gillingwater
General Rumford
Popularity: 4.1
John Miljan
John Miljan
Major Patterson
Popularity: 1.4
Jan Duggan
Jan Duggan
Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House
Popularity: 1.6
Fred Kohler
Fred Kohler
Captain Blackie
Popularity: 4.0
Edward Pawley
Edward Pawley
Joe Patterson
Popularity: 1.4
Paul Hurst
Paul Hurst
Hefty
Popularity: 7.2
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Theresa Maxwell Conover
Miss Markham
Popularity: 0.6

Key Crew

Director A. Edward Sutherland
Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Editor Chandler House
Screenplay Francis Martin, Jack Cunningham
Music Richard Rodgers

Production

Paramount Pictures
US

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Keywords

based on novel or book mississippi river musical pacifist riverboat showboat brawl 19th century

Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 8/10
Jun 25, 2016

I sold this film to myself as simply a musical with W.C. Fields and Joan Bennett in it, and it worked for me in that regard. Worth a watch if you're intrigued by bizarrely-plotted musical comedies from the 30's.

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Details
Release Date March 22, 1935
Runtime 1h 13m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.5
Links
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