Mississippi

Mississippi

73 mins | Comedy, Music | March 22, 1935

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.

Mississippi

73 mins | Comedy, Music | March 22, 1935

Mississippi
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Paramount
Original title Mississippi
Directors A. Edward Sutherland, Wesley Ruggles
Writers Francis Martin, Booth Tarkington, Jack Cunningham

Cast

Bing Crosby

as Tom Grayson

W.C. Fields

as Commodore Jackson

Joan Bennett

as Lucy

Gail Patrick

as Elvira

Queenie Smith

as Alabam

Claude Gillingwater

as Gen. Rumford

John Miljan

as Major Patterson

Jan Duggan

as Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House

Fred Kohler

as Captain Blackie (as Captain Blackie Jr.)

Edward Pawley

as Joe Patterson

Paul Hurst

as Hefty

Theresa Maxwell Conover

as Miss Markham

Ann Sheridan

as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

John Larkin

as Rumbo

Libby Taylor

as Lavinia