- HD 1080
- Runtime: 99m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Rudolph Maté
- Stars: Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Paul Cavanagh
- keywords: gambling, new orleans, louisiana, riverboat
- Production_studio: Universal International Pictures
- Slogan: His game is fancy women ... and his fate is Lady Luck !
- The The Mississippi Gambler is featured in the top rankings of 1953
- #7 in Top Romance Movies of 1953
- #3 in Top Adventure Movies of 1953
- #2 in Top Western Movies of 1953
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.