The Iron Mistress

4.8

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.

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Alan Ladd

Jim Bowie

Virginia Mayo

Judalon de Bornay

Joseph Calleia

Juan Moreno

Phyllis Kirk

Ursula de Varamendi

Alf Kjellin

Phillipe de Cabanal

Douglas Dick

Narcisse de Bornay

Anthony Caruso

Black Jack Sturdevant

Nedrick Young

Henri Contrecourt

George Voskovec

John James Audubon

Richard Carlyle

Rezin Bowie

Robert Emhardt

Gen. Cuny

Don Beddoe

Dr. Cuny

Harold Gordon

Andrew Marschalk

Jay Novello

Judge Crain

Nick Dennis

Nez Coupe

Sarah Selby

Mrs. Bowie

Dick Paxton

John Bowie

George J. Lewis

Colonel Wells

Edward Colmans

Don Juan de Varamendi

Gordon Nelson

Dr. Maddox

Daria Massey

Teresa de Varamendi

Leon Alton

Riverboat Passenger

John Alvin

Impatient Man in Tailor's Shop

Ernest Anderson

Riverboat Cabin Boy

Walter Bacon

Casino Patron

Salvador Baguez

Mexican Artist

Richard Bartell

Horse Race Starter

John Barton

Gambling House Patron

Madge Blake

Mrs. Cuny

Oliver Blake

Innkeeper

Eugene Borden

Cocquelon, Tailor

Chet Brandenburg

Casino Patron

Morgan Brown

Saloon Patron

Peter Camlin

Croupier

Fred Cavens

Aged Swordsman

Charlita

Girl in Hay

Ann Codee

Landlady

Jean Del Val

St. Sylvain

Stanley Fraser

Al Blanchard

Tom Coleman

Casino Patron (uncredited)

Gayle Kellogg

Payne (uncredited)

Alberto Morin

Coachman (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Roulette Table Spectator (uncredited)

Art

John Beckman

Art Direction

George James Hopkins

Set Decoration

Camera

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Gordon Bau

Makeup Artist

Marjorie Best

Costume Design

Directing

Gordon Douglas

Director

David Curtiz

Second Unit Director

Oren Haglund

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Henry Blanke

Producer

Sound

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

Murray Cutter

Orchestrator

Writing

James R. Webb

Screenplay