Mississippi

Release Date: 1935-03-22

Overview: A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.

Rating: 6.7 / 10

Cast

Bing Crosby

as Tom Grayson

W.C. Fields

as Commodore Jackson

Joan Bennett

as Lucy

Queenie Smith

as Alabam

Gail Patrick

as Elvira

Crew

A. Edward Sutherland - Director
Bernard Herzbrun - Art Direction
Hans Dreier - Art Direction
Chandler House - Editor
Arthur Hornblow Jr. - Producer

Reviews

talisencrw:

I sold this film to myself as simply a musical with W.C. Fields and Joan Bennett in it, and it worked for me in that regard. Worth a watch if you're intrigued by bizarrely-plotted musical comedies fro...