Mississippi

Overview

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.

Directed by A. Edward Sutherland

Top cast

Bing Crosby

Tom Grayson

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

Fred Kohler

Captain Blackie

Edward Pawley

Joe Patterson

P

Paul Hurst

Hefty

Theresa Maxwell Conover

Miss Markham

John Larkin

Rumbo

Libby Taylor

Lavinia

Stanley Andrews

Gambler (uncredited)

King Baggot

Gambler (uncredited)

R

Roy Bailey

Pianist (uncredited)

Matthew Betz

Man at Bar (uncredited)

W

William A. Boardway

Party Guest (uncredited)

M

Mary Ellen Brown

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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