Mississippi

Mississippi

1935
★★★☆☆ 6.7/10
⏱️ 73 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
MusicComedy
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
Bing Crosby
Tom Grayson
W.C. Fields
W.C. Fields
Commodore Jackson
Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett
Lucy
Queenie Smith
Queenie Smith
Alabam
Gail Patrick
Gail Patrick
Elvira
Claude Gillingwater
Claude Gillingwater
General Rumford

User Reviews

talisencrw
★ 8/10
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.
June 25, 2016

Crew

Director
A. Edward Sutherland
Writer
Booth Tarkington, Francis Martin, Jack Cunningham
Producer
Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Production

Paramount Pictures

Keywords

based on novel or bookmississippi rivermusicalpacifistriverboatshowboatbrawl19th century