A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Fielder Cook

Writer:

Sidney Carroll (writer)

Release Date:

12 August 1966 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Western

Tagline:

All the action you can take...all the adventure you can wish for!

Plot:

Comedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow.

Plot Keywords:

Poker | Poker Player | Card Playing | Homesteader | Country Doctor

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Henry Fonda	...	Meredith
Joanne Woodward	...	Mary
Jason Robards	...	Henry P.G. Drummond
Paul Ford	...	C.P. Ballinger
Charles Bickford	...	Benson Tropp
Burgess Meredith	...	Doc Joseph Scully
Kevin McCarthy	...	Otto Habershaw
Robert Middleton	...	Dennis Wilcox
John Qualen	...	Jesse Buford
Jean-Michel Michenaud	...	Jackie Meredith (as Gerald Michenaud)
James Berwick	...	Sam Rhine (as James Kenny)
Allen Collins	...	Toby
Jim Boles	...	Pete
Virginia Gregg	...	Mrs. Drummond
Chester Conklin	...	Chester

Also Known As:

Big Deal at Dodge City (UK)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:15

Company:

Eden Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Final film of Charles Bickford.

Quotes:

Sparrow the Stagedriver: I wouldn't play poker with Henry Drummond if his back was to a mirror! Even if I had the money!

How can a film with this cast possibly go wrong? A constant delight.

With Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Charles Bickford, Kevin McCarthy, Burgess Meredith and Paul Ford how can a movie fail? Certainly not this little jewel handsomely directed by Fielder Cook, normally a director of the small screen. But from the very beginning the film announces that it is going to be a lot of fun. Five of the wealthiest men in the territory drop whatever they are doing and gather once a year for a marathon poker game in a winner takes all stake. Into this rides Henry Fonda and his wife and son, on the way to Texas to make a new start. He is an on the wagon ex gambler, who instantly falls off when he finds out about the game and is suckered in by the meanest group of tightfisted sarcastic card players in the west. Just when he finally gets the hand he has been waiting for he has a heart attack, and his wife has to take over for him. What will happen and what hand is she holding? If you want to find out you just have to see this great little film for yourself.