
Feature film — 1961
The Big Gamble (1961)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 7 votes.
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions / 20th Century Fox
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Director: Richard Fleischer
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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