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The Big Bluff

The Big Bluff

1955Movie⏱️ 1h 11mApproved
CrimeDramaFilm-NoirMysteryRomanceThriller
5.8
IMDB Rating
718 votes

When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.

Director
W. Lee Wilder
Writers
Fred Freiberger, Mindret Lord
Stars
John Bromfield, Martha Vickers, Robert Hutton
Release Date
June 5, 1955
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 31
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

John Bromfield
John Bromfield
as Ricardo De Villa
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers
as Valerie Bancroft
Robert Hutton
Robert Hutton
as Dr. Peter Kirk
Rosemarie Stack
Rosemarie Stack
as Fritzie Darvel
Eve Miller
Eve Miller
as Marsha Jordan
👤
Max Palmer
as Fullmer
👤
Eddie Bee
as Don Darvel
Robert Bice
Robert Bice
as Dr. Harrison
Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin
as Winthrop
👤
Beal Wong
as Art Dealer

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Black and White
Production
Planet Filmplays

🏷️ Keywords

fortune hunterrich wifeterminal diseasemillionairedancer

🎯 Categories

Film NoirCrimeDramaMysteryRomanceThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Has Its Moments
by dougdoepke2015-10-31

"Not a bad programmer, nothing new in the con-man department, but with a nifty ironical ending. Con-man Ricardo (Bromfield) romances wealthy heiress Valerie (Vickers) who has a heart condition. Marrying her, he then plots ways of shortening her life. Trouble is Valerie's friend Marsha (Miller) suspects his motives and enlists Dr. Kirk (Hutton) to help track Ricardo who's also keeping company with Fritzie (Bowe) despite her husband. Thankfully, the complications come together at story's end. Bromfield, looking a little like Clark Gable, knows how to use a cigarette to suggest ch..."

💡 Did You Know?

In a case of life mirroring art, Martha Vickers (Valerie) passed away at age 46 before the other main members of the cast. Unlike the heart disease her character had in the film, she suffered from esophageal cancer. Of the remainder of the main cast, Rosemarie Stack (Fritzie) lived the longest, to age 86, passing away in January 2019.

📖 Synopsis

When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.