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The Gambler from Natchez

  • 19541954
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 28m
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6.7/10
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Debra Paget and Dale Robertson in The Gambler from Natchez (1954)
  • Western
In New Orleans, discharged army Captain Vance Colby learns of his father's killing done by three local Creole gents at a card game, and he sets out to punish the killers.In New Orleans, discharged army Captain Vance Colby learns of his father's killing done by three local Creole gents at a card game, and he sets out to punish the killers.In New Orleans, discharged army Captain Vance Colby learns of his father's killing done by three local Creole gents at a card game, and he sets out to punish the killers.
IMDb RATING
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274
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  • Director
    • Henry Levin
  • Writers
    • Gerald Drayson Adams(story and screenplay)
    • Irving Wallace(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dale Robertson
    • Debra Paget
    • Thomas Gomez
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  • Director
    • Henry Levin
  • Writers
    • Gerald Drayson Adams(story and screenplay)
    • Irving Wallace(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dale Robertson
    • Debra Paget
    • Thomas Gomez
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    • 5User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Debra Paget and Dale Robertson in The Gambler from Natchez (1954)
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    Lisa Daniels and Dale Robertson in The Gambler from Natchez (1954)
    Debra Paget and Dale Robertson in The Gambler from Natchez (1954)
    Lisa Daniels and Debra Paget in The Gambler from Natchez (1954)
    Kevin McCarthy and Debra Paget in The Gambler from Natchez (1954)

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    Dale Robertson
    Dale Robertson
    • Capt.ain Vance Colbyas Capt.ain Vance Colby
    Debra Paget
    Debra Paget
    • Melanie Barbeeas Melanie Barbee
    Thomas Gomez
    Thomas Gomez
    • Captain Antoine Barbeeas Captain Antoine Barbee
    Lisa Daniels
    Lisa Daniels
    • Ivette Rivageas Ivette Rivage
    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    • André Rivageas André Rivage
    Douglas Dick
    Douglas Dick
    • Claude St. Germaineas Claude St. Germaine
    John Wengraf
    John Wengraf
    • Nicholas Cadizas Nicholas Cadiz
    Donald Randolph
    Donald Randolph
    • Pierre Bonetas Pierre Bonet
    Henri Letondal
    Henri Letondal
    • Police Commissioner Robert Renardas Police Commissioner Robert Renard
    Jay Novello
    Jay Novello
    • René Garonneas René Garonne
    Woody Strode
    Woody Strode
    • Joshas Josh
    Aladdin
    • Riverboat Violinistas Riverboat Violinist
    • (uncredited)
    Parley Baer
    Parley Baer
    • Riverboat Captainas Riverboat Captain
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Baker
    Frank Baker
    • Gambling House Bartenderas Gambling House Bartender
    • (uncredited)
    Eumenio Blanco
    Eumenio Blanco
    • Gambling House Patronas Gambling House Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Bradley
    • Townsman in Lobbyas Townsman in Lobby
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Gambling House Patronas Gambling House Patron
    • (uncredited)
    George Calliga
    George Calliga
    • Gambling House Patronas Gambling House Patron
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henry Levin
    • Writers
      • Gerald Drayson Adams(story and screenplay)
      • Irving Wallace(screenplay)
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    Returning to New Orleans, following four years of army service in Texas in the 1840s, Captain Vance Colby finds his father, a professional gambler, has been killed. The police tell him his father was killed while caught cheating in a card game by Andre Rivage, an arrogant young dilettante. Vance protests that his father was an honest gambler and never used marked cards, but the police inspector tells him there were witnesses. Aided by a riverboat owner, Captain Barbee, and his daughter, Melanie, Vance sets out to clear his father's name and avenge his death. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
    • texas
    • police inspector
    • mississippi
    • mississippi river
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • BOLD AND BAWDY AS THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI! LUSTY AND GUSTY AS ITS FIERY WOMEN! ROUSING AS THE TIMES THAT INSPIRED IT! (original poster - all caps)
    • Genre
      • Western
    • Certificate
      • Approved
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    • Trivia
      When Commissioner Renard tells Vance Colby the names of the witnesses to his father's death, Vance writes the names on a card - the 3 of spades - having no other paper on him. As each man dies, Vance tears of a piece and tosses it away. When the last of the three (Rivage) dies in a duel with Vance and falls into the river, Vance tosses the card remnant after him. As it floats by, it is no longer a 3 but an ace of spades, which, according to ancient legend, is the symbol of death.
    • Connections
      Remake of The Mississippi Gambler (1953)

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    6/10
    Murdered with all the proprieties
    Dale Robertson stars in the title role as The Gambler From Natchez who has come home after a furloughed leave to join Sam Houston in Texas. Which would put the year at around 1836 in the ante-bellum south and in New Orleans.

    Robertson has come home to visit his father whom he finds out has been killed. His father was a gambler by trade and he was murdered with all the proprieties of the Creole code covered. Robertson himself is a gambler and good one.

    He identifies three men Kevin McCarthy, Douglas Dick, and John Weingraf, as the perpetrators and he's marked them in his little black book of revenge.

    The comparisons of The Gambler From Natchez with films like Mississippi Gambler and The Iron Mistress are rather obvious. But a very astute previous reviewer saw the elements of The Count Of Monte Cristo here and I salute that person.

    The most harrowing scene in the film is Robertson with a knife in his back eluding the people pursuing through the shore marshes of the Mississippi. Those pursuers included the overseer who put said knife in his back and some of his slave charges. I'm sure it was with a great sense of irony that 20th Century Fox filmed black people pursuing a white runaway in the swamp.

    Later on said overseer meets a most timely end at the hands of Woody Strode. How many times did black man kill a slave overseer and suffered no consequences.

    Aiding and abetting Robertson's cause is riverboat captain Thomas Gomez and daughter Debra Paget. McCarthy has a fetching sister in Lisa Daniel who also intrigues Robertson. You never know on which side she will fall.

    The Gambler From Natchez is not as good as the other cited films, but it certainly holds its own in the entertainment department.
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    • May 29, 2017

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    • Release date
      • August 4, 1954 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Baton Rouge
    • Filming locations
      • RKO-Pathé Studios - 9336 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Panoramic Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes

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