1961
5.7 (6 votes)
1h 40m
Genres
Adventure
Action
Comedy
Drama
Production Companies
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
The Big Gamble
Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Director: Elmo Williams, Richard Fleischer
Director of Photography: William C. Mellor
Writer: Irwin Shaw
Top Cast
Stephen Boyd
Vic Brennan
Juliette Gréco
Marie
David Wayne
Samuel Brennan
Gregory Ratoff
Kaltenberg
Sybil Thorndike
Aunt Cathleen
Fernand Ledoux
Customs Official
Marie Kean
Cynthia
Harold Goldblatt
The Priest
