The Iron Mistress (1952)
JIM BOWIE...a man with his name on a knife - and a woman with a weapon all her own!
110 min
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. Jim leaves town, and falls for the daughter of a Texas politician, but his entanglement with Judalon continues to bedevil him.
- Release date
- November 19, 1952
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Alan Ladd as Jim Bowie
- Virginia Mayo as Judalon de Bornay
- Joseph Calleia as Juan Moreno
- Phyllis Kirk as Ursula de Varamendi
- Alf Kjellin as Philippe de Cabanal
- Douglas Dick as Narcisse de Bornay
- Anthony Caruso as Black Jack Sturdevant
- Nedrick Young as Henri Contrecourt
- George Voskovec as John James Audubon
- Richard Carlyle as Rezin Bowie
- Robert Emhardt as Gen. Cuny
- Don Beddoe as Dr. Cuny
- Harold Gordon as Andrew Marschalk
- Jay Novello as Judge Crain
- Nick Dennis as Nez Coupe
- Sarah Selby as Mrs. Bowie
- Dick Paxton as John Bowie
- George J. Lewis as Colonel Wells
- Edward Colmans as Don Juan de Varamendi
- Daria Massey as Teresa de Varamendi
- Leon Alton as Riverboat Passenger
- John Alvin as Impatient Man in Tailor's Shop
- Ernest Anderson as Riverboat Cabin Boy
- Walter Bacon as Casino Patron
- Salvador Baguez as Mexican Artist
- Richard Bartell as Horse Race Starter
- Madge Blake as Mrs. Cuny
- Oliver Blake as Innkeeper
- Abdullah Abbas as Race Spectator
Crew
- Gordon Douglas · Director
- James R. Webb · Writer
- Paul Wellman · Writer
- Henry Blanke · Producer
- Max Steiner · Composer
- John F. Seitz · Cinematographer
- Alan Crosland Jr. · Editor