A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Release Date: Aug 12, 1966 Wide
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The action in A Big Hand for the Little Lady centers around a high-stake poker game. The participants include some of the wealthiest men in the West (among them Jason Robards Jr., Kevin McCarthy, Charles Bickford and Paul Ford). Into this rarefied atmosphere trudges impoverished farmer Henry Fonda, who despite the protests of his wife Joanne Woodward plunks down his last dollars to join the game. Halfway through the proceedings, Fonda falls ill. With quiet desperation, Woodward sits down
Aug 12, 1966 Wide
Nov 6, 2007
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Cast
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Henry Fonda
Meredith -
Joanne Woodward
Mary -
Jason Robards
Henry Drummond -
Charles Bickford
Benson Tropp -
Burgess Meredith
Doc Scully -
Kevin McCarthy
Otto Habershaw -
Robert Middleton
Dennis Wilcox -
Paul Ford
Ballinger -
John Qualen
Jesse Buford -
Max Allan Collins
Toby -
Gerald Michenaud
Jackie -
Virginia Gregg
Mrs. Drummond -
Chester Conklin
Old Man in School -
Mae Clarke
Mrs. Craig -
Ned Glass
Owney Price -
James Griffith
Mr. Stribling -
Noah Keen
Sparrow -
Milton Selzer
Fleeson -
Louise Glenn
Celie Drummond -
William Cort
Arthur -
Jim Boles
Pete -
Percy Helton
Arthur's Father -
James Kenney
Sam Rhine -
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All Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
Pleasant but relatively thin western comedy.
Although you don't have to like poker to like the movie, you might have to have a certain tolerance for TV-type movies.
...the film works despite the handicaps. A Big Hand for the Little Lady is a charmer.
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