MusicComedy
Mississippi
“SAIL AWAY ON A CRUISE OF MERRIMENT & MELODY”
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.
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
69
User score
9 votes
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Status
Released
Released
March 22, 1935
Runtime
1h 13m
Language
English
Top cast
Bing Crosby
Tom Grayson
W.C. Fields
Commodore Jackson
Joan Bennett
Lucy
Queenie Smith
Alabam
Gail Patrick
Elvira
Claude Gillingwater
General Rumford
John Miljan
Major Patterson
Jan Duggan
Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House
Fred Kohler
Captain Blackie
Edward Pawley
Joe Patterson
Paul Hurst
Hefty
Theresa Maxwell Conover
Miss Markham
John Larkin
Rumbo
Libby Taylor
Lavinia
Stanley Andrews
Gambler (uncredited)
King Baggot
Gambler (uncredited)
Roy Bailey
Pianist (uncredited)
Matthew Betz
Man at Bar (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mary Ellen Brown
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
