- HD 1080
- Runtime: 110m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Gordon Douglas
- Stars: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia, Phyllis Kirk, Alf Kjellin
- keywords: knife, riverboat, western hero
- Production_studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Slogan: JIM BOWIE...a man with his name on a knife - and a woman with a weapon all her own!
- The The Iron Mistress is featured in the top rankings of 1952
- #51 in Top Romance Movies of 1952
- #16 in Top Action Movies of 1952
- #37 in Top Western Movies of 1952
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse's murder, but Judalon takes up with another man. Jim eventually has another romantic interlude with Judalon and is forced to kill one of her suitors in self-defense. Jim leaves town, and falls for the daughter of a Texas politician, but his entanglement with Judalon continues to bedevil him.