A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
July 25, 1961
Original Title:
The Big Gamble
Alternate Titles:
A Grande Cartada
Das große Wagnis
Le grand risque
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 100
Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.
Art Direction:
Jean-André d'Eaubonne
Costume Design:
Monique Plotin
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Elmo Williams
Director of Photography:
William C. Mellor
Editor:
Roger Dwyre
Music:
Maurice Jarre
Producer:
Darryl F. Zanuck
Supervising Sound Editor:
Leon Birnbaum
Writer:
Irwin Shaw
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