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Mississippi
“SAIL AWAY ON A CRUISE OF MERRIMENT & MELODY”
6.9 / 10• 1935• 1h 13m•NR• English
MusicComedy
Storyline
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 & Crew
Bing Crosby
Tom Grayson
Lead
W.C. Fields
Commodore Jackson
Joan Bennett
Lucy
Queenie Smith
Alabam
Gail Patrick
Elvira
Claude Gillingwater
General Rumford
John Miljan
Major Patterson
Jan Duggan
Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. A. Edward Sutherland's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mississippi is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
