Duel on the Mississippi
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Directed by | William Castle |
Screenplay by | Gerald Drayson Adams |
Story by | Gerald Drayson Adams |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Starring | Lex Barker Patricia Medina |
Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
Edited by | Edwin Bryant |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Clover Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Duel on the Mississippi is a 1955 American Western film directed by William Castle and starring Lex Barker and Patricia Medina.[1]
Plot[]
Andre Tulane (Barker), descendant of a plantation family in 1820 Louisiana, is bound to Lili Scarlet (Medina), a gambling-ship queen due to his debts. Together, they face off against river pirates (led by her former fiancé (Stevens) who take control of the boat.
Cast[]
- Lex Barker as André Tulane
- Patricia Medina as Lili Scarlet
- Warren Stevens as Hugo Marat
- Craig Stevens as René LaFarge
- John Dehner as Jules Tulane
- Ian Keith as Jacques Scarlet
- Chris Alcaide as Anton
- John Mansfield as Louie
- Celia Lovsky as Celeste Tulane
- Lou Merrill as Georges Gabriel (as Lou Merrill)
- Mel Welles as Sheriff
References[]
- ^ Castle, William (1976). Step right up! : ... I'm gonna scare the pants off America. Putnam. p. 126.
External links[]
- Duel on the Mississippi at IMDb
- Duel on the Mississippi at the TCM Movie Database
Categories:
- 1955 films
- English-language films
- 1955 Western (genre) films
- American Western (genre) films
- American films
- Films directed by William Castle
- Films set on ships
- Gambling films
- Columbia Pictures films
- 1950s Western (genre) film stubs