Mississippi Rhythm (1949)

On board a riverboat bound for Creek City singer Jimmie Davis who is going to become halfowner of a land development company willed to him by his uncle shares a cabin with traveling salesman Dixie Dalrymple After Dixie invites Jimmie to perform in a concert he is putting on for the other passengers Jimmie is persuaded to participate in a crooked card game run by Judge Homer Kenworthy and his associates However with Dixies intervention Jimmie wins handsomely then accuses the gamblers of trying to cheat him