The Big Gamble
Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!
Film19611h 40m
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- Director
- Richard Fleischer
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1961-07-25
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
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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.
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