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    Iron Mistress, The (1952)

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    Steely-eyed Alan Ladd stars as Jim Bowie, famed inventor of the knife – the “iron mistress” – that bears his name, in this would-be rip-roaring Warner Bros adventure.

    Bowie arrives in New Orleans and quickly falls under the spell of Southern beauty Judalon de Bornay (Virginia Mayo). Bowie’s actions in his attempt to win Judalon’s love become the stuff of legend.

    There’s a fair bit of romantic padding holding up the action, as Ladd gets rejected by Judalon only to fall for Ursula de Veramendi (Phyllis Kirk) en route to his destiny at the Alamo.

    Ladd’s blue eyes were made for Technicolor, and the film is well enough mounted by director Gordon Douglas, but there’s a distinct run-of-the-mill feeling to the tale.

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    Jim Bowie
    Alan Ladd
    Judalon de Bornay
    Virginia Mayo
    Juan Moreno
    Joseph Calleia
    Ursula de Veramendi
    Phyllis Kirk
    Phillippe de Cabanal
    Alf Kjellin
    Narcisse de Bornay
    Douglas Dick
    “Bloody Jack” Sturdevant
    Anthony Caruso
    Henri Contrecourt
    Nedrick Young
    James Audubon
    George Voskovec
    Rezin Bowie
    Richard Carlyle

    Director
    Gordon Douglas

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