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A Big Hand for the Little Lady Overview:

A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Fielder Cook and produced by Fielder Cook and Joel Freeman.

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Love Is a Ball and A Big Hand for the Little Lady

By Rick29 on Apr 29, 2024 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Love Is a Ball (1963). I thought I had seen every 1960s romantic comedy until the blandly-titled Love Is a Ball popped up on the cable channel Screenpix. It stars Charles Boyer as Etienne Pimm, a matchmaker who is part Pygmalion and part con artist. He specializes in pairing titled, but financially... Read full article

Screen Capture Theatre: "Attack of the 50-foot Woman," or A Big Hand for the Little Lady

By David on Jan 28, 2022 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

Welcome back to Screen Capture Theatre! Our newest entry is the 1958 opus ...Great expense was spared in assembling these titles."We interrupt 'Sex Sent Me to the ER' for this special report.A big ball has been spotted in the California desert, justglowing like anything. All mentally unstable heires... Read full article

A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)

By Beatrice on Mar 12, 2019 From Flickers in Time

A Big Hand for the Little Lady Directed by Fielder Cook Written by Sidney Carroll 1966/USA Eden Productions Inc. First viewing/Netflix rental A fine ensemble cast ensures an enjoyable movie despite the underwhelming plot payoff. The setting is the Old West.  The richest men in the territory save ... Read full article

My Accidentally Hilarious Blogathon Entry: "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," or A Big Hand for the Little Lady

By David on Jul 13, 2014 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

This is part of the Accidentally Hilarious Blogathon sponsored by your friends and mine at Movies, Silently, so visit them for other entries, eh what? Great expense was spared in assembling these titles. "We interrupt 'Sex Sent Me to the ER' for this special report. A big ball has been spotte... Read full article

My Accidentally Hilarious Blogathon Entry: "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," or A Big Hand for the Little Lady

By David on Jul 13, 2014 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

This is part of the Accidentally Hilarious Blogathon sponsored by your friends and mine at Movies, Silently, so visit them for other entries, eh what? Great expense was spared in assembling these titles. "We interrupt 'Sex Sent Me to the ER' for this special report. A big ball has been spotte... Read full article

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A Big Hand for the Little Lady Quotes:

Henry Drummond: My daughter, Celie, was getting married.
Jesse Buford: Celie?
Henry Drummond: That's right! When Tropp come for me, she was in the middle of getting married. And they're holding up the "love, honor and obey" part until I get back.
Dennis Wilcox: You mean you walked out in the middle of the wedding?
Henry Drummond: I did! I ain't been late for the (poker) game in sixteen years and I ain't about to start now... wedding or no wedding.
Henry Drummond: Let's play cards.
Mary Meredith: Gentleman all. All such gallant gentlemen.
Henry Drummond: Yeah, we're gallant on Sunday. This is Friday, and we're playing poker. Now, you wanna play with us, you ante up $500.
Harry Tate: [referring to Tropp] Don't he give a damn what people think, him ridin' around the country in a hearse?
Doc Joseph Scully: If you're the richest undertaker in Texas, you're entitled to a fancy rig, but if you spend your days and nights trying to keep people alive, you ride around in the likes of this.
[he shakes the reins of his carriage]
Doc Joseph Scully: Giddy-up!
Dennis Wilcox: Now look, mister, the first rule of the game of poker, whether you're playing eastern or western rules, or the kind they play at the North Pole, is put up or shut up!
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady Facts
Director Fielder Cook had liked James Berwick's performance so much that he insisted Berwick reprise his television role of barman Sam Rhine in this film, despite his lack of cinema experience. This was Berwick's only screen role of any note, all other appearances being bit parts.
This film provides the final screen appearance of comedian Chester Conklin, who had appeared in about 300 movies from 1913.
Jason Robards plays a character named Henry Drummond. In 1988 he would play a character with the same name in the completely unrelated TV movie version of Inherit the Wind.
This movie was initially written for television as "Big Deal in Laredo".
The hand that Mary is holding for her husband Meredith is the 4 and 6 of clubs, 5 of diamonds, 6 and Queen of hearts.
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