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The Iron Mistress
“JIM BOWIE...a man with his name on a knife - and a woman with a weapon all her own!”
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse's murder, but Judalon takes up with another man. Jim eventually has another romantic interlude with Judalon and is forced to kill one of her suitors in self-defense. Jim leaves town, and falls for the daughter of a Texas politician, but his entanglement with Judalon continues to bedevil him.
Directed by Gordon Douglas
53
User score
13 votes
Status
Released
Released
November 19, 1952
Runtime
1h 50m
Language
English
Top cast
Alan Ladd
Jim Bowie
Virginia Mayo
Judalon de Bornay
Joseph Calleia
Juan Moreno
Phyllis Kirk
Ursula de Varamendi
Alf Kjellin
Phillipe de Cabanal
Douglas Dick
Narcisse de Bornay
Anthony Caruso
Black Jack Sturdevant
Nedrick Young
Henri Contrecourt
George Voskovec
John James Audubon
Richard Carlyle
Rezin Bowie
Robert Emhardt
Gen. Cuny
Don Beddoe
Dr. Cuny
Harold Gordon
Andrew Marschalk
Jay Novello
Judge Crain
Nick Dennis
Nez Coupe
Sarah Selby
Mrs. Bowie
Dick Paxton
John Bowie
George J. Lewis
Colonel Wells
Edward Colmans
Don Juan de Varamendi
Gordon Nelson
Dr. Maddox
