Mississippi (1935) BW PG IMDb 6.6 1h 13min Comedy, Musical
Stars: Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett
Crosby plays a Philadelpia Quaker engaged to a Southern belle. He becomes a social outcast when he refuses to fight a duel. Fields then hires him to perform on his riverboat, promoting him as "Colonel Steel...the notorious Colonel Steel...the singing killer." The plot then follows a predictable course, but there are plenty of scenes featuring W.C. Fields.
Directors: A. Edward Sutherland, Wesley Ruggles (uncredited)
Writers: Francis Martin (screen play), Jack Cunningham (screen play)
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