The Big Gamble

1961 NR 1h 40m 5.8

Misadventures of an ambitious unlucky Irishman who goes on a long and arduous trip to Africa along with his wife and bumbling cousin in hopes of starting a trucking business there.

Vic Brennan persuades his family to put up money for him and his wife to leave Dublin for the remote African town of Jebanda in order to start up a truck-hauling business. The family agrees to give Vic the money under the stipulation that his bumbling cousin Samuel goes with him to protect their investment. Their misadventures during their long trip along the Ivory Coast include a hijacking, catching a deadly fever, near drowning, thirsty natives and broken trucks.

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Info about The Big Gamble

Studio(s): Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox

Originally Released: Sep 01, 1961

Production Country: United States

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama