The Big Gamble

The Big Gamble

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action | July 25, 1961

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.

The Big Gamble

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action | July 25, 1961

The Big Gamble
Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers 20th Century Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Original title The Big Gamble
Directors Elmo Williams, Richard Fleischer
Writers Irwin Shaw

Cast

Stephen Boyd

as Vic Brennan

David Wayne

as Samuel Brennan

Gregory Ratoff

as Kaltenberg

Sybil Thorndike

as Aunt Cathleen

Fernand Ledoux

as Customs Official

Marie Kean

as Cynthia

Harold Goldblatt

as The Priest

Maureen O'Dea

as Margaret Brennan