Mississippi (1935)
1h 13m | PG-13
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Music, Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Bing Crosby
as Tom Grayson
W.C. Fields
as Commodore Jackson
Joan Bennett
as Lucy
Queenie Smith
as Alabam
Gail Patrick
as Elvira
Claude Gillingwater
as General Rumford
Reviews
I sold this film to myself as simply a musical with W.C. Fields and Joan Bennett in it, and it worked for me in that regard. Worth a watch if you're intrigued by bizarrely-plotted musical comedies from the 30's.