About
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.
Theatrical
Mar 22, 1935
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 2, 2010
Director
Writers
Producer
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Quotes
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Gambler #1
Four aces.
Commodore Jackson
Huh?
Gambler #2
That's funny... I've got four aces.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Game of Chance or Skill?
Naive card-player
Is this a game of chance?
Commodore Jackson
Not the way I play it, no.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →B
Bing Crosby
Tom Grayson
W
W.C. Fields
Commodore Jackson
J
Joan Bennett
Lucy
Q
Queenie Smith
Alabam
G
Gail Patrick
Elvira
C
Claude Gillingwater
General Rumford
J
John Miljan
Major Patterson
J
Jan Duggan
Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House
F
Fred Kohler
Captain Blackie
E
Edward Pawley
Joe Patterson
P
Paul Hurst
Hefty
T
Theresa Maxwell Conover
Miss Markham
J
John Larkin
Rumbo
L
Libby Taylor
Lavinia
S
Stanley Andrews
Gambler (uncredited)
K
King Baggot
Gambler (uncredited)
M
Matthew Betz
Man at Bar (uncredited)
W
William A. Boardway
Party Guest (uncredited)
J
James Burke
Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited)
J
Jack Carlyle
Referee (uncredited)