Directed by:
Fielder CookScreenplay:
Sidney CarrollCinematography:
Lee GarmesComposer:
David RaksinCast:
Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Paul Ford, Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, John Qualen, James Berwick (more)VOD (1)
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As the biggest high-stake poker game in the West begins, compulsive gambler turned homesteader, Meredith, is drawn into the game. With the entire family fortune at stake, he suffers a heart attack when delt a winning hand. Mary, his pluck penny-pinching, long-suffering wife, steps in. As she plays the hand, she assails her rivals with fortitude and guts. Each is transformed into a model of sensitivity. But a twist ending reveals Mary has had more than fortitude up her sleeve all along. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Henry Fonda
USA
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Joanne Woodward
USA
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Jason Robards
USA
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Paul Ford
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Charles Bickford
USA
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Burgess Meredith
USA
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Kevin McCarthy
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Robert Middleton
USA
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John Qualen
Canada
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James Berwick
UK
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Jim Boles
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Virginia Gregg
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Mae Clarke
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Ned Glass
Poland
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James Griffith
USA
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Noah Keen
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Milton Selzer
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Victor Adamson
New Zealand
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Fred Aldrich
USA
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