A Big Hand for the Little Lady

A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.

Cast

Henry Fonda

as Meredith

Joanne Woodward

as Mary

Jason Robards

as Henry Drummond

Paul Ford

as C.P. Ballinger

Charles Bickford

as Benson Tropp

Burgess Meredith

as Doc Scully

Kevin McCarthy

as Otto Habershaw

Robert Middleton

as Dennis Wilcox

John Qualen

as Jesse Buford

Jean-Michel Michenaud

as Jackie

Reviews

John Chard

On The Poker Wagon! Big Deal at Dodge City (AKA: A Big Hand for the Little Lady) is directed by Fielder Cook and written by Sidney Carroll. It stars Joanne Woodward, Henry Fonda, Paul Ford, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ford and Burgess Meredith. Music is by David Raksin a...

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