A Big Hand for the Little Lady

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Actors: Jason Robards , Henry Fonda , Burgess Meredith , Kevin McCarthy , John Qualen , Charles Bickford , Joanne Woodward , Paul Ford , Robert Middleton , Chester Conklin , Virginia Gregg , Allen Collins , Jean-Michel Michenaud , Jim Boles , James Berwick

Director: Fielder Cook

IMDB Rate: 7.2 out of 10 (1442 votes)

Plot Summary:As the biggest high-stake poker game in the West begins, compulsive gambler turned homesteader, Meredith, is drawn into the game. With the entire family fortune at stake, he suffers a heart attack when delt a winning hand. Mary, his pluck penny-pinching, long-suffering wife, steps in. As she plays the hand, she assails her rivals with fortitude and guts. Each is transformed into a model of sensitivity. But a twist ending reveals Mary has had more than fortitude up her sleeve all along.