Mississippi (1935)

★ 6.7 1h 13m IMDb
Comedy Music

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

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Cast

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby as Tom Grayson Died 1977 · Tacoma, Washington, USA Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian and actor. The first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion pi...
W.C. Fields
W.C. Fields as Commodore Jackson Died 1946 · Darby, Pennsylvania, USA William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his f...
Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett as Lucy Died 1990 · Palisades, New Jersey, USA Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film and television actress. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 motion pictures from the...
Queenie Smith
Queenie Smith as Alabam Died 1978 · New York City, New York, USA
Gail Patrick
Gail Patrick as Elvira Died 1980 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA ​Gail Patrick (born Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick, June 20, 1911 - July 6, 1980) was an American film actress. She appeared in 62 movies between 1932 and 1948. Some of these roles are in My Favorite W...
Claude Gillingwater
Claude Gillingwater as General Rumford Died 1939 · Louisiana, Missouri, USA Tall, balding character actor in US films from 1921 until the year he died, usually portraying obstinate or irascible types. A man so disagreeable on celluloid, Claude Gillingwater's characters seeme...
Director A. Edward Sutherland
Cast Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Queenie Smith, Gail Patrick, Claude Gillingwater, John Miljan, Jan Duggan, Fred Kohler, Edward Pawley

Audience Reviews

talisencrw 8/10 Jun 25, 2016
I sold this film to myself as simply a musical with W.C. Fields and Joan Bennett in it, and it worked for me in that regard. Worth a watch if you're intrigued by bizarrely-plotted musical comedies from the 30's.

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