A Big Hand for the Little Lady


A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Comedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow. - imdb.com
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Director: Fielder Cook
Actors: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Paul Ford, Charles Bickford
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD

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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
Release Date: November 6, 2007

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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/06/2007 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: Nr

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It's the day of the annual high-stakes poker game in Laredo, an eagerly anticipated event reserved for the richest men of the territory. But into the smoke-filled backroom of the host saloon comes a weak-willed family man (Henry Fonda), who's coincidentally passing through town with a large wad of money in his possession. Despite the protests of his demure wife (Joanne Woodward), he's drawn into the game, which holds many twists for everybody.

This plain-looking Western plays like a TV movie that got an upgrade to an A-level cast: along with Fonda and Woodward, there's a choice array of character players at or near the poker table, including Jason Robards, Kevin McCarthy, Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford, and veteran heavy Robert Middleton. All of which makes it easy to ignore the cheap production values and enjoy the enormous bluff at the heart of the game. The director was Fielder Cook, a longtime veteran of high-quality television (including series teleplays from the Fifties golden age and the superb IWaltons/I pilot, IThe Homecoming/I), an able hand with this kind of thing.

The denouement won't shock too many people, but it makes for a satisfying hand--not a straight flush, but a nice little three of a kind. I--Robert Horton/I