A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
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79% of users liked it
(288 ratings)
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,… More 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 daintily at the table and says in a firm voice, "Gentlemen, how do you play this game?" End of story? Not by a long shot! This O. Henry-style shaggy dog story is based on a Dupont Show of the Week TV presentation Big Deal at Laredo. Keep an eye out for two movie veterans in bit parts: silent screen comic Chester Conklin and 1930's leading lady Mae Clarke. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Fielder Cook
- Genres
- Western, Drama, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 12, 1966 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Pleasant but relatively thin western comedy.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
Although you don't have to like poker to like the movie, you might have to have a certain tolerance for TV-type movies.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...the film works despite the handicaps. A Big Hand for the Little Lady is a charmer.
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Cast
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Henry Fonda
as Meredith
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Joanne Woodward
as Mary
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Jason Robards
as Henry Drummond
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Charles Bickford
as Benson Tropp
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Burgess Meredith
as Doc Scully
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Kevin McCarthy
as Otto Habershaw
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Robert Middleton
as Dennis Wilcox
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Paul Ford
as Ballinger
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John Qualen
as Jesse Buford
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Max Allan Collins
as Toby
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Gerald Michenaud
as Jackie
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Virginia Gregg
as Mrs. Drummond
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Chester Conklin
as Old Man in School
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Mae Clarke
as Mrs. Craig
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Ned Glass
as Owney Price
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James Griffith
as Mr. Stribling
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Noah Keen
as Sparrow
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Milton Selzer
as Fleeson
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Louise Glenn
as Celie Drummond
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William Cort
as Arthur
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Jim Boles
as Pete
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Percy Helton
as Arthur's Father
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James Kenney
as Sam Rhine
- Allen Collins
- James Berwick
