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A Big Hand for the Little Lady (released in the UK under the misleading title Big Deal at Dodge City, since the film is set in Laredo, Texas) is a 1966 American Western film made by Eden Productions Inc. and released by Warner Bros.
A Big Hand for the Little Lady: Directed by Fielder Cook. With Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Paul Ford. Comedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow.
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Mary (Joanne Woodward), trying to play her husband's hand, with gamblers (Kevin McCarthy, Jason Robards Jr., Charles Bickford, Robert Middleton) in tow, makes a pitch to banker Ballinger (Paul Ford) in A Big Hand For The Little Lady, 1966.
A couple with a young son arrive in the town of Laredo, just as the five richest men of the area are settling down to play the biggest game of poker of the year. When the wife disappears, the husband, after watching a few hands, joins in the game only to lose most of the families savings.
When a yearly high-stakes poker game begins between the five richest men in Laredo, Texas, all other activity in the Wild West town comes to a stop as everyone gathers to watch the action.
- Western, Comedy
Woot! Academy Award-winners Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward and Jason Robardsstar in this sly comedy about a fateful poker game in the Old West thatresults in A Big Hand For The Little Lady.
Overview. 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.
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (released in the UK as Big Deal at Dodge City) is a 1966 Technicolor western film, made by Eden Productions Inc. and released by Warner Bros.
Whatever the beautiful blonde holds, watch out! A "reformed" gambler and homesteader (Fonda) sits down at the card table, loses his family's $4,000 startup stake - and then is dealt a fantastic hand.
