A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
- Starring:
- Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, (more)
- Director(s):
- Fielder Cook
- Category:
- Westerns
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The action in A Big Hand for the Little Lady centers around a high-stake poker game. The participants include some of the wealthiest men in the West (among them Jason Robards Jr., Kevin McCarthy, Charles Bickford and Paul Ford). Into this rarefied atmosphere trudges impoverished farmer Henry Fonda, who despite the protests of his wife Joanne Woodward plunks down his last dollars to join the game. Halfway through the proceedings, Fonda falls ill. With quiet desperation, Woodward sits down daintily at the table and says in a firm voice, "Gentlemen, how do you play this game?" End of story? Not by a long shot! This O. Henry-style shaggy dog story is based on a Dupont Show of the Week TV presentation Big Deal at Laredo. Keep an eye out for two movie veterans in bit parts: silent screen comic Chester Conklin and 1930's leading lady Mae Clarke. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 95 mins
Complete Cast:
- Henry Fonda - Meredith
- Jason Robards, Jr. - Henry Drummond
- Burgess Meredith - Doc Scully
- Robert Middleton - Dennis Wilcox
- John Qualen - Jesse Buford
- Gerald Michenaud - Jackie
- Chester Conklin - Old Man in School
- Ned Glass - Owney Price
- Noah Keen - Sparrow
- Louise Glenn - Celie Drummond
- Jim Boles - Pete
- Percy Helton - Arthur's Father
- Joanne Woodward - Mary
- Charles Bickford - Benson Tropp
- Kevin McCarthy - Otto Habershaw
- Paul Ford - Ballinger
- Allan Collins - Toby
- Virginia Gregg - Mrs. Drummond
- Mae Clarke - Mrs. Craig
- James Griffith - Mr. Stribling
- Milton Selzer - Fleeson
- William Cort - Arthur
- James Kenney - Sam Rhine
- Director(s):
- Fielder Cook
- Writer(s):
- Sidney Carroll
- Producer(s):
- Fielder Cook
- Categories:
- Westerns
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