A Big Hand for the Little Lady | 
| Director: Fielder Cook
Actors: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Paul Ford, Charles Bickford
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 8747
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D118429D
UPC: 085391184294
EAN: 0085391184294
ASIN: B000UPMZ1W
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/06/2007 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: Nr
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It's the day of the annual high-stakes poker game in Laredo, an eagerly anticipated event reserved for the richest men of the territory. But into the smoke-filled backroom of the host saloon comes a weak-willed family man (Henry Fonda), who's coincidentally passing through town with a large wad of money in his possession. Despite the protests of his demure wife (Joanne Woodward), he's drawn into the game, which holds many twists for everybody. This plain-looking Western plays like a TV movie that got an upgrade to an A-level cast: along with Fonda and Woodward, there's a choice array of character players at or near the poker table, including Jason Robards, Kevin McCarthy, Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford, and veteran heavy Robert Middleton. All of which makes it easy to ignore the cheap production values and enjoy the enormous bluff at the heart of the game. The director was Fielder Cook, a longtime veteran of high-quality television (including series teleplays from the Fifties golden age and the superb Waltons pilot, The Homecoming), an able hand with this kind of thing. The denouement won't shock too many people, but it makes for a satisfying hand--not a straight flush, but a nice little three of a kind. --Robert Horton
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 Just the way I remembered it December 15, 2009
J. Lott (Arlington, TX USA)
This is a really fun older movie. The acting is very good, and the story is different. Great family movie for kids about middle school age and up.
great precursor to "The Sting" September 17, 2009
Harold Harefoot (Tucson, AZ United States)
This movie was made quite a few years before The Sting and in some ways, it was actually a better movie. I think The Sting was an excellent movie, and very well executed. However, it let the audience have inside knowledge of what was happening and how the con was being pulled off. What makes "A Big Hand for the Little Lady" a more interesting movie is that the audience is just as much in the dark about what's really happening as the "marks" who are being conned. The only difference between the audience and the "marks" is that the audience does find out what really happened at the end, but the "marks" don't. Excellent movie. I recommend it very highly.
"BIG DEAL AT DODGE CITY" (EUROPEAN TITLE) September 13, 2009
Thomas Collopy
"SHEER ENTERTAINMENT FROM THE FIRST FRAME TO THE LAST" (MISS IT AT YOUR PEARL) THOMAS COLLOPY.
Great cast and script May 23, 2009
J. Carey (oregon)
This is one of those movies that you sometimes forget about but remember how great it was when you see it again. Some really great actors at the top of their games. Fun story with an interesting twist.
A Big Hand for the little movie April 25, 2009
Julia S. Kane
This is one of my favorite movies from my "youth". It's a lot of fun - with a surprise ending that makes the whole thing even better.
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