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7.2/10   1,401 votes
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Director:
Fielder Cook
Writer:
Sidney Carroll (writer)
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Release Date:
12 August 1966 (Finland) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Western more
Tagline:
All the action you can take...all the adventure you can wish for! more
Plot:
Comedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Fine card movie more (43 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Henry Fonda ... Meredith

Joanne Woodward ... Mary

Jason Robards ... Henry P.G. Drummond
Paul Ford ... C.P. Ballinger
Charles Bickford ... Benson Tropp
Burgess Meredith ... Doc Joseph Scully
Kevin McCarthy ... Otto Habershaw
Robert Middleton ... Dennis Wilcox
John Qualen ... Jesse Buford
Jean-Michel Michenaud ... Jackie Meredith (as Gerald Michenaud)
James Berwick ... Sam Rhine (as James Kenny)
Allen Collins ... Toby
Jim Boles ... Pete
Virginia Gregg ... Mrs. Drummond
Chester Conklin ... Chester
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Big Deal at Dodge City (UK)
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jason Robards plays a character named Henry Drummond. In 1988 he would play a character with the same name in the completely unrelated TV movie version of Inherit the Wind (1960). more
Quotes:
Sparrow the Stagedriver: I wouldn't play poker with Henry Drummond if his back was to a mirror! Even if I had the money! more

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Fine card movie, 25 October 2009
8/10
Author: intelearts from the big screen

BHFALL is not your typical Western: the Wild West is being tamed and here in Texas at the turn of the Century we have a new West; professional rich men who hold a once a year poker game for the highest stakes.

When Henry Fonda rolls in all innocent and joins in the fun begins.

This is great little movie, full of character, and surprises.

My only gripe is the noise is a bit much with everyone delivering their lines at foghorn levels but this has a charm and an energy that it's hard not to enjoy.

Recommended.

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