A Big Hand for the Little Lady

When they are dividing the take near the end of the movie, the boy hands Meredith (Henry Fonda) $9420, which he then hands to C.

Ballinger (Paul Ford), saying "That's ninety four twenty to you CP; the stake and your raise.

" Tihs presumably refers to the $4,000 cash that Meredith put into the game, plus the $5,000 that Ballinger "loaned" Mary, plus his "interest" on the "loan".

However, Ballinger never actually put up the $5,000 - it was just chips, and Mary "paid off" the loan and interest right at the card table.

So it should have been only $4,000 separately to Ballinger.

Sam Rhine says that The five richest men in the territory are in the back room playing for blood.

At the time the movie is set, circa 1880, Texas had been a state for about 40 years.

The character "Doc" was played by Burgess Meredith, however in the closing credits his name was spelled "Burgess Meridith".

The songs in the final scenes, "Ma Blushin' Rosie (Ma Posie Sweet)" and "Hello, Ma Baby" (aka "Telephone Rag") were both written around 1899-1900, whereas the action in the film takes place around 1880.

When Meredith calls for, and receives a new deck, he has no chips in front of him.

When he is shuffling the deck, his chips re-appear on the table.

Joanne Woodward is one of the cinema's greatest, and most beautiful, actresses. She had all my attention from the moment she appeared on the screen, so staggeringly gorgeous that her lovely blue eyes distracted me from the real trick, that of distracting the men at the poker table while her ensemble delivered the sting to the five richest men in the region, played by Kevin McCarthy, Jason Robards, Gig Young, John Qualen and Charles Bickford.

Big Deal at Dodge City (AKA: A Big Hand for the Little Lady) is directed by Fielder Cook and written by Sidney Carroll. It stars Joanne Woodward, Henry Fonda, Paul Ford, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ford and Burgess Meredith.

Are you a Chester Conklin fan? If so, you might want to see if you can spot him in his last screen appearance.

Hello! Can anyone identify the singer who sang "Rosy" at the conclusion of the film to Burgess Merideth?

Brilliant beyond any mere words I can say. I totally followed along when I first saw this movie and was utterly enthralled by so many stars all on one set.

I was moderately interested in the movie as it started. Henry Fonda play a traveler on his way to purchase a 40 acre farm.

This top-notch comedy western is both entertaining and unforgettable. Its stellar cast of veteran American actors present a magnificent example of ensemble acting.

Annual high stakes poker tournament in 1880s Laredo, Texas attracts a hen-pecked husband whose wife has to take his place at the card-table after tragedy strikes. Set-bound western with the emphasis placed more on the personalities of its characters rather than the action.

Just the title alone tells us the audience that something nefarious is underway. A father, mother and their ten year old son stroll into this small mid-western town on a broken wheel so Mary (Joanne Woodward) is directed by her husband Meredith (Henry Fonda) to go find the blacksmith and have the damaged wheel repaired.