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Music

Comedy

Mississippi

Name: Mississippi
Genre: Music, Comedy
Released: 1935-03-22
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 6.8

SAIL AWAY ON A CRUISE OF MERRIMENT & MELODY

6.8Mar 22, 193573 min

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.

Cast

Bing Crosby

Tom Grayson

W.C. Fields

Commodore Jackson

Joan Bennett

Lucy

Queenie Smith

Alabam

Gail Patrick

Elvira

Claude Gillingwater

General Rumford

John Miljan

Major Patterson

Jan Duggan

Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House

Fred Kohler

Captain Blackie

Edward Pawley

Joe Patterson

Paul Hurst

Hefty

Theresa Maxwell Conover

Miss Markham

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talisencrw

Jun 25, 2016

8.0

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 from the 30's.

Mississippi

Cast

Bing Crosby

W.C. Fields

Joan Bennett

Queenie Smith

Gail Patrick

Claude Gillingwater

John Miljan

Jan Duggan

Fred Kohler

Edward Pawley

Paul Hurst

Theresa Maxwell Conover

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