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The Iron Mistress is a 1952 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo. It ends with Bowie's marriage to Ursula de Veramendi and does not deal with his death at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.
- $2.9 million (US rentals)
- Henry Blanke
The Iron Mistress: Directed by Gordon Douglas. With Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia, Phyllis Kirk. The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.
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- Action, Adventure, Biography
- Gordon Douglas
- 1953-03-12
Synopsis. In 1825, Jim Bowie journeys to New Orleans from his family's backwoods home in Bayou Sara to sell some lumber. His brothers caution Jim, a carefree young man whose only interest is in throwing knives, to hold out for a good price. In New Orleans, Jim makes the acquaintance of French painter James Audubon, who has angered the wealthy ...
- Gordon Douglas, Oren Haglund
- Alan Ladd
Jan 25, 2018 · With these words, actor Alan Ladd, as Bowie, and David Wolfe, as Black, summed up 50 years ago in Warner Bros.’ film version of Paul I. Wellman’s best-selling 1951 novel, The Iron Mistress, what was to become, for better or worse, the world’s best known and, in some cases, favorite interpretation of Jim Bowie’s knife.
165 ratings24 reviews. Frontiersman, fortune hunter, soldier, duelist - lord among men and servant of women - this was James Bowie, a fabulous and nearly forgotten hero of the American frontier. Three very different and fascinating women helped mold Bowie's strange and conflicting personality.
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- Hardcover
- Paul I. Wellman
The Iron Mistress. In this biopic, Jim Bowie (Alan Ladd) goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon (Virginia Mayo) and befriends her brother, Narcisse (Douglas Dick). Soon, Jim is...
- Biography
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Overview. In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse's murder, but Judalon takes up with another man. Jim eventually has another romantic interlude with Judalon and is forced to kill one of her suitors in self-defense.
