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| Year: | 1966 |
| Rating: | 7.2(1546) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Drama, Western |
| Directed by: | Fielder Cook |
| Actors: | Henry Fonda Jason Robards Paul Ford Charles Bickford Burgess Meredith Joanne Woodward |
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Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Fielder Cook | |
| Actors | |
| Henry Fonda | as Meredith |
| Jason Robards | as Henry P.G. Drummond |
| Paul Ford | as C.P. Ballinger |
| Charles Bickford | as Benson Tropp |
| Burgess Meredith | as Doc Joseph Scully |
| Kevin McCarthy | as Otto Habershaw |
| Robert Middleton | as Dennis Wilcox |
| John Qualen | as Jesse Buford |
| Jean-Michel Michenaud | as Jackie Meredith |
| James Berwick | as Sam Rhine |
| Allen Collins | as Toby |
| Jim Boles | as Pete |
| Chester Conklin | as Chester |
| Ned Glass | as Owney Price |
| James Griffith | as Mr. Stribling |
| Noah Keen | as Sparrow |
| Milton Selzer | as Fleeson |
| William Cort | as Arthur McKenzie |
| Victor Adamson | as Saloon Bystander |
| Fred Aldrich | as Saloon Extra |
| Richard Alexander | as Saloon Bystander |
| Mark Allen | as Blacksmith |
| Richard H. Cutting | as Bartender |
| Tom Fadden | as Harry Tate |
| Tony Giorgio | as Steamboat |
| Chick Hannon | as Poker Spectator at End |
| Percy Helton | as Kevin McKenzie |
| Jack Ingram | as Saloon Extra |
| Thomas E. Jackson | as Rt. Rev. Mr. Monckton |
| Kenner G. Kemp | as Saloon Extra |
| Jackie Minty | as Preston Drummond |
| Kenneth Sanborn | as Saloon Bystander |
| Henry Slate | as Piano Player |
| Max Wagner | as Cashier |
| Actresses | |
| Joanne Woodward | as Mary |
| Virginia Gregg | as Mrs. Drummond |
| Mae Clarke | as Mrs. Craig |
| Louise Glenn | as Celie Drummond |
| Claudia Bryar | as Mrs. Price |
| Natalie Masters | as Mrs. Stribling |
| Marilyn Powell | as Singer |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Plot: | A couple with a young son arrive in the town of Laredo, just as the five richest men of the area, are settling down to play the biggest game of poker of the year. When the wife disappears, the husband, after watching a few hands, joins in the game, only to lose most of the families savings. As the wife returns, he finds that he has dealt himself a winning hand, but does not have the cash to continue. In the following argument, he collapses, and his wife has no choice, but to continue with his hand, in order to win back their money, the only problem being, she can't play poker. |
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Continuity: SPOILER: When they are dividing the take near the end of the movie, the boy hands Meredith (Henry Fonda) $9420, which he then hands to C.P. Ballinger (Paul Ford), saying "That's ninety four twenty to you CP; the stake and your raise." Tihs presumably refers to the $4,000 cash that Meredith put into the game, plus the $5,000 that Ballinger "loaned" Mary, plus his "interest" on the "loan". However, Ballinger never actually put up the $5,000 - it was just chips, and Mary "paid off" the loan and interest right at the card table. So it should have been only $4,000 separately to Ballinger. Fact errors: Sam Rhine says that The five richest men in the territory are in the back room playing for blood. At the time the movie is set, circa 1880, Texas had been a state for about 40 years. Miscellaneous: The character "Doc" was played by Burgess Meredith, however in the closing credits his name was spelled "Burgess Meridith". |
Quotes
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Jesse Buford: That's a bargain all right, but a bargain ain't a bargain unless it's something you need. Sam Rhine, Hotel Owner: I'm not in the thinking business. Sparrow the Stagedriver: I wouldn't play poker with Henry Drummond if his back was to a mirror! Even if I had the money! Sam Rhine, Hotel Owner: How is he? Toby, Barfly: The Doc wants the shutter that used to carry drunks out. Henry Drummond: My daughter, Celie, was getting married. Jesse Buford: Celie? Henry Drummond: That's right! When Tropp come for me, she was in the middle of getting married. And they're holding up the "love, honor and obey" part until I get back. Dennis Wilcox: You mean you walked out in the middle of the wedding? Henry Drummond: I did! I ain't been late for the (poker) game in sixteen years and I ain't about to start now... wedding or no wedding. Dennis Wilcox: Now look, mister, the first rule of the game of poker, whether you're playing eastern or western rules, or the kind they play at the North Pole, is put up or shut up! [upon being offered a poker hand as collateral] C.P. Ballinger, Banker: Forty-six years ago, I started lending money in Larry Bingham's back room. My first customer was a drover named Penny. He wanted two dollars on a Brindle cow at six percent interest. He said she gave six quarts of milk a day. You know what I made him do? I made him move that cow into my back yard for a whole week. And I watched him milk her every day. Sure enough, she gave an average of six and a half quarts a day, so I gave him the money at six and half percent interest. Not only that, I kept the 60 pounds of manure she left behind. When you show me collateral, madam, you better make sure it's good collateral. For forty-six years, I've been lending money on good, old-fashioned principles. I stand here now to tell you one and all that I've never been offered a better piece of collateral that I hold in my hand now! Benson Tropp: Any man gets himself married is automatically stupid. Denny's just refusing to stay stupid. He just don't ever see his wife. Otto Habershaw: Words of wisdom from the confirmed bachelor. Benson Tropp: Confirmed and reconfirmed. I hate women. Otto Habershaw: I believe you. You've buried enough of them. Benson Tropp: Sure I did. I put them back where they belong. Henry Drummond: Let's play cards. Harry Tate: [referring to Tropp] Don't he give a damn what people think, him ridin' around the country in a hearse? Doc Joseph Scully: If you're the richest undertaker in Texas, you're entitled to a fancy rig, but if you spend your days and nights trying to keep people alive, you ride around in the likes of this. [he shakes the reins of his carriage] Giddy-up! Henry Drummond: Now then, why is Celie marrying you? Arthur McKenzie: Because she love... Henry Drummond: [cutting him off] Because she's homely as a lemon and just as sneaky as her old lady, and every man sets foot in this house needs just one look to figure it ain't worth 40,000 acres and a soft spot for the rest of his life. [looking at Arthur for a reaction] Is that what you were going to say? Arthur McKenzie: [after a thoughtful pause] Yes, sir. Henry Drummond: Arthur, I want you to light out of that window right there... and shimmy down the rain pipe and get on my horse and get the hell and gone away from us and your old man as far as you can get... [he gives him money]... and don't waste any time, Arthur. There's a whole world waitin' for you out there. Good places and bad places... nice people and some not so nice. Look them all over, Arthur. Bide your time and maybe somewhere, someplace, you'll find a real woman. A good woman... Now get! [they shake hands] Mary Meredith: Gentleman all. All such gallant gentlemen. Henry Drummond: Yeah, we're gallant on Sunday. This is Friday, and we're playing poker. Now, you wanna play with us, you ante up $500. C.P. Ballinger, Banker: So it was a joke, wasn't it? I came over to see for myself. Otto Habershaw: It was no joke. C.P. Ballinger, Banker: Then what's so funny? Benson Tropp: It ain't funny, C.P. C.P. Ballinger, Banker: Don't tell me. Henry Drummond: What'd you do, sleep in that dress? Mrs. Drummond: Henry, we've got a lot to do. Henry Drummond: You got nothing to do till I tell you. Jackie Meredith: Doc. Doc, they're playing. Doc Joseph Scully: So am I, my boy. So am I. C.P. Ballinger, Banker: C P Ballinger is the kind of man who can't tolarate liqour, cards or woman reading from right to left. |
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