The Big Gamble

1h 40m
AdventureActionComedyDrama
5.7

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.

Cast

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

Crew

Elmo Williams
Director
Richard Fleischer
Director
Irwin Shaw
Writer
Roger Dwyre
Editor
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Monique Plotin
Costume Design
Leon Birnbaum
Supervising Sound Editor
Maurice Jarre
Music
Jean d'Eaubonne
Art Direction

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