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Duel on the Mississippi

"The Roaring Story of the Notorious Lili Scarlet -- Gambling Queen of the Mississippi!"

1955-09-16 Drama 1hr 12m

In bustling era of 19th-century Louisiana, sugar is as valuable as gold, and pirates like Lili Scarlet (Patricia Medina, Mr. Arkadin) will do anything to get it. After robbing Jules Tulane’s (John Dehner, The Boys from Brazil) estate of his crop, Scarlet takes over Tulane’s land debt and forces him to pay or go to prison. In exchange for postponing his debt, Scarlet allows Tulane’s son, André (Lex Barker, Robin Hood and the Pirates), to work as her servant. When André and Scarlet fall in love, it leads to jealous rage from Scarlet’s former paramour, expert swordsman Hugo (Warren Stevens, Forbidden Planet) — and when Hugo looks to raid the Tulane estate again, it is up to André and Scarlet to take him down and save the estate.

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In bustling era of 19th-century Louisiana, sugar is as valuable as gold, and pirates like Lili Scarlet (Patricia Medina, Mr. Arkadin) will do anything to get it. After robbing Jules Tulane’s (John Dehner, The Boys from Brazil) estate of his crop, Scarlet takes over Tulane’s land debt and forces him to pay or go to prison. In exchange for postponing his debt, Scarlet allows Tulane’s son, André (Lex Barker, Robin Hood and the Pirates), to work as her servant. When André and Scarlet fall in love, it leads to jealous rage from Scarlet’s former paramour, expert swordsman Hugo (Warren Stevens, Forbidden Planet) — and when Hugo looks to raid the Tulane estate again, it is up to André and Scarlet to take him down and save the estate.

  • Released
    1955-09-16
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 12m
  • Genre
    Drama, Western
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    5.7
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures, Clover Productions

Crew

William Castle
Director
Sam Katzman
Producer

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Cast

Lex Barker

Lex Barker

Andre Tulane
Patricia Medina

Patricia Medina

Lili Scarlet
Warren Stevens

Warren Stevens

Hugo Marat
Craig Stevens

Craig Stevens

René LaFarge
John Dehner

John Dehner

Jules Tulane
Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky

Celeste Tulane
Ian Keith

Ian Keith

Jacques Scarlet
Louis Merrill

Louis Merrill

Georges Gabriel
Mel Welles

Mel Welles

Sheriff
Morris Ankrum

Morris Ankrum

Magistrate (uncredited)
Victor Adamson

Victor Adamson

Planter (uncredited)
Baynes Barron

Baynes Barron

Gaspard (uncredited)
Bill Coontz

Bill Coontz

Riverboat Patron (uncredited)
Jack Tornek

Jack Tornek

Delta Man (uncredited)
Al Haskell

Al Haskell

Delta Man (uncredited)
Herman Hack

Herman Hack

Delta Man (uncredited)
Art Felix

Art Felix

Delta Man (uncredited)
Sol Murgi

Sol Murgi

Riverboat Patron (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway

Suzanne Ridgway

Riverboat Patron (uncredited)
Carl Sklover

Carl Sklover

Merchant (uncredited)

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-11-14

It's Louisiana at the start of the 19th century and sugar is becoming an hugely valuable commodity. The traditional (largely French) plantat... read more

It's Louisiana at the start of the 19th century and sugar is becoming an hugely valuable commodity. The traditional (largely French) plantation owners are trying to capitalise on this crop but so are the inventive pirates who wait til it's all harvested and bagged up, then they pinch it! The leader of these ruthless thieves is "Lili" (Patricia Medina) who, along with her dad "Jacques" (Ian Keith) and sidekick "Hugo" (Warren Stevens) has set her sights on the "Tulane" family. She owns the debt on their land and is determined to force them into ruin. Luckily, that family has an hunky son in "André" (Lex Barker) to whom she takes a shine. She agrees to swap the debt for his indentured servitude and so our adventure of crosses and double crosses begins in earnest. OK, so Barker is easy on the eye but not much of an actor and Medina spends much of the time here wishing she was Maureen O'Hara, but it's got a solid story of greed and revenge before the fairly obvious denouement delivers predictably. It's fairly swiftly paced, there's plenty of action - how often do you see a duel with machetes - and I actually quite enjoyed the hamminess of it all.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

It's Louisiana at the start of the 19th century and sugar is becoming an hugely valuable commodity. The traditional (largely French) plantation owners are trying to capitalise on this crop but so are the inventive pirates who wait til it's ...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-11-14

It's Louisiana at the start of the 19th century and sugar is becoming an hugely valuable commodity. The traditional (largely French) plantation owners are trying to capitalise on this crop but so are ...

read more