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Released
1961 · FILM

The Big Gamble

Across 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast!

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Runtime
100 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

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.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Roger DwyreShot by William C MellorScored by Maurice Jarre

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