This brilliant as well as spotty picture contains action , thrills , soap opera , fights , luxurious balls , duelling , tragedy with romantic complications following here and there . A passable but average at times flick with no much action , not shootouts , regarding an intense romance with dramatic moments . This concerns the brawling story of the lusty Mississippi in which some gamblers aboard riverboats causing confrontation . Stars the always wonderful Tyrone Power , the Technicolor king , who performed several Westerns and adventure movies . Set in 1854 Mississippi, upright riverboat card gambler Mark Fallon (Ryrone Power) , along with partner Kansas John Polly , (John McIntire) , tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats , but his gambling career brings him a lot of problems . In his first successes Mark makes enemies of the crooked gamblers . Then , Mark wins young Laurent Dureau's (Piper Laurie who's still living) diamond necklace , a family heirloom . After that , in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father (Paul Cavanagh) , but she still affects to despise him and especially when he confronts her brother Laurent Dureau (John Baer) . Meet the fabulous Mark Fallon ! That lusty, loving, gambling man !. His game is fancy women ... and his fate is Lady Luck !. Meet the fabulous Mark Fallon ... his game is fancy women ... and his fate is Lady Luck !. His name is whispered by tempting lips from St. Louis to New Orleans. He'll play any game, any stakes...for your money, your woman...or your life! .
Typically Technicolor Universal International Pictures of the 50s , including spectacular and glimmer scenes , soap-opera style , fair damsels in distresses , brawls , glamorous costumes and anaything else . A peculiar Western set in upper Mississipi where confront gamblers , soldiers-of-fortune and crooks . Slightly interesting story and screenplay by Seton I. Miller , Western's usual writer , resulting to be entertaining enough ; however , being also mediocre , at times . Decent acting by the main starring Tyrone Power as the honorable gambler who'll fall in love for gorgeous Angelique 'Leia' Dureau/Piper Laurie , the latter will bring him happiness and tragedy alike . This was Tyrone Power's first film away from 20th Century-Fox , here he played for Universal-International Pictures with a profit share participation . They're very well accompanied by a fine support cast , such as : Julie Adams , John McIntire , Paul Cavanagh, John Baer , Ron Randell , Robert Warwick , William Reynolds , Guy Williams, Anita Ekberg's film debut , among others.
Atmospheric and thrilling musical score by the classic composer Frank Skinner . Colorful as well as evocative cinematography by Irving Glassberg , mostly shot in studios : Park Lake, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California . The motion picture lavishly produced by Ted Richmond , was uneven but professionally directed by Rudolph Maté , though it has some flaws . Rudolph was a notorious cameraman and turning as a filmmaker in 1947 directing notorious movies , such as : The Dark Past , D. O. A. , No sad songs for me , Union Station , When worlds collide , Second chance and Miracle in the rain . He shot all kinds of genres as SciFi : When the world collide ; Historical /Adventure as Seven seas to Calais, The Barbarians, 300 Spartans ; Westerns : In the Siege at Red River , The Mississipi gambler , The rawhide years , Far Horizons ; and Film Noir : Union station , Second chance . The pictures themselves were for the most part undistinguished with his best work probably being the classic Noir DOA with Edmund O'Brian . The Mississippi Gambler (1953) rating : 6/10 , acceptable and passable romance/adventure/drama movie . The movie will appeal to Tyrone Power fans .
Typically Technicolor Universal International Pictures of the 50s , including spectacular and glimmer scenes , soap-opera style , fair damsels in distresses , brawls , glamorous costumes and anaything else . A peculiar Western set in upper Mississipi where confront gamblers , soldiers-of-fortune and crooks . Slightly interesting story and screenplay by Seton I. Miller , Western's usual writer , resulting to be entertaining enough ; however , being also mediocre , at times . Decent acting by the main starring Tyrone Power as the honorable gambler who'll fall in love for gorgeous Angelique 'Leia' Dureau/Piper Laurie , the latter will bring him happiness and tragedy alike . This was Tyrone Power's first film away from 20th Century-Fox , here he played for Universal-International Pictures with a profit share participation . They're very well accompanied by a fine support cast , such as : Julie Adams , John McIntire , Paul Cavanagh, John Baer , Ron Randell , Robert Warwick , William Reynolds , Guy Williams, Anita Ekberg's film debut , among others.
Atmospheric and thrilling musical score by the classic composer Frank Skinner . Colorful as well as evocative cinematography by Irving Glassberg , mostly shot in studios : Park Lake, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California . The motion picture lavishly produced by Ted Richmond , was uneven but professionally directed by Rudolph Maté , though it has some flaws . Rudolph was a notorious cameraman and turning as a filmmaker in 1947 directing notorious movies , such as : The Dark Past , D. O. A. , No sad songs for me , Union Station , When worlds collide , Second chance and Miracle in the rain . He shot all kinds of genres as SciFi : When the world collide ; Historical /Adventure as Seven seas to Calais, The Barbarians, 300 Spartans ; Westerns : In the Siege at Red River , The Mississipi gambler , The rawhide years , Far Horizons ; and Film Noir : Union station , Second chance . The pictures themselves were for the most part undistinguished with his best work probably being the classic Noir DOA with Edmund O'Brian . The Mississippi Gambler (1953) rating : 6/10 , acceptable and passable romance/adventure/drama movie . The movie will appeal to Tyrone Power fans .