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The Mississippi Gambler (1929)

The Mississippi Gambler poster
Directed by
Reginald Barker
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
57 min
Rated
NR
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man who gambles on riverboats falls in love with a woman. He must navigate romance and risky bets in the American South.

romanticdramaticold-fashionedmelodramaticsentimentalearnestgambling-themed

What happens

The Mississippi Gambler is a 1929 American romantic drama film directed by Reginald Barker, and starring Joseph Schildkraut and Joan Bennett. While this early Universal Pictures talkie used a Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film system, it was also released in a silent version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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