The Big Gamble

Name: The Big Gamble
Director: Richard Fleischer
Genre: Adventure, Action, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1961-07-25
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Juliette Gréco, David Wayne, Gregory Ratoff, Sybil Thorndike

“Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!”

1961

1h 40m

Adventure Action Comedy Drama

Director: Richard Fleischer

Writer: Irwin Shaw

Overview

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.