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Lady from Louisiana
DAZZINGLY SET IN THE WORLD'S MOST GLAMOROUS CITY WITH ITS SIDEWALK CAFES...ITS QUAINT, CONTINENTAL ATMOSPHERE...AND ITS MARDI GRAS!
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
- Original title
- Lady from Louisiana
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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Jun 25, 2022 · via TMDB
John Wayne ("Reynolds") meets a lady - Ona Munson ("Julie Mirabeau") on a Mississippi river boat heading for New Orleans. When they are met on arrival by the feisty Helen Westley ("Blanche") and the girl's esteemed father Henry Stephenson ("Gen. Mirabeau") we discover all we will need to know: Lawyer Duke has been summoned at the behest of Westley to begin an investigation into the city lottery being run by Stephenson. The General epitomises the almost chivalric society that exists on the surface whilst ensuring that his fellow citizens buy plenty of lottery tickets (willingly or otherwise). When the old gent discovers his right hand man is overstepping the mark, he fires him - that riles "Blackie" (Ray Midddleton) and when, shortly afterwards, young "Julie" suddenly finds herself an orphan she decides to involve herself more in her now late father's "charitable" work and to blame "Reynolds" for his death... It runs a bit to melodrama, this - but there are stronger than usual themes of extortion, bribery and corruption on an pretty grand scale. The ending to the story is pretty predictable, lame even, but there are some cracking storm effects that demonstrate just how easily nature could eradicate even the most substantial structures put in place to protect folks. Stephenson (perhaps not his wobbly accent, so much) is his usual dapper self, there is a bit of fun chemistry between Wayne and Munson but Helen Westley steals this for me as the determined old woman set upon cleaning up her town.
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John Wayne
John Reynolds
Ona Munson
Julie Mirbeau
Ray Middleton
Blackburn 'Blackie' Williams
Henry Stephenson
General Anatole Mirbeau
Helen Westley
Blanche Brunot
Jack Pennick
Cuffy Brown
Dorothy Dandridge
Felice
Shimen Ruskin
Gaston
Jacqueline Dalya
Pearl
Paul Scardon
Judge Wilson
James C. Morton
Littlefield
Maurice Costello
Edwards
Stanley Blystone
Lottery Victim
Al Bridge
Captain of Police
Lane Chandler
Courtroom Police Officer
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Lottery Thug (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Lottery Winner
Gino Corrado
Lottery Victim
Virginia Farmer
Telephone Operator
Jesse Graves
Louis Napoleon, Mirbeau Servant
Karl Hackett
Mirbeau Supporter
Howard Hickman
Judge William Harding
Harry Holman
Mayor of New orleans
Bob Kortman
Lottery Thug
Ethan Laidlaw
Lottery Thug (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Steamboat Captain
Walter Long
Lottery Thug
Ted Mapes
Policeman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Cop
Hugh Prosser
Politician (uncredited)
Anthony Warde
Lottery Thug
Blackie Whiteford
Lottery Thug
Bernard Vorhaus
Director
Bernard Vorhaus
Associate Producer
Jule Styne
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