Lady from Louisiana

1941 PG-13 1h 22m

5.4 / 10 16

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5.4/10

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Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.

Director Bernard Vorhaus

Writers

Vera Caspary Michael Hogan Guy Endore

Stars

John Wayne Ona Munson Ray Middleton

Blackburn 'Blackie' Williams

Henry Stephenson

General Anatole Mirbeau

Courtroom Police Officer

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Lottery Thug (uncredited)

Louis Napoleon, Mirbeau Servant

Karl Hackett

Mirbeau Supporter

Howard Hickman

Judge William Harding

Politician (uncredited)

Bob Kortman

Lottery Thug

Ethan Laidlaw

Lottery Thug (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Cop

Hugh Prosser

Politician (uncredited)

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Geronimo1967 25 Jun 2022

6/10

John Wayne ("Reynolds") meets a lady - Ona Munson ("Julie Mirabeau") on a Mississippi river boat heading for New Orleans. When they are met on arrival by the feisty Helen Westley ("Blanche") and the girl's esteemed father Henry Stephenson ("Gen. Mirabeau") we discover all we will need to know: Lawyer Duke has been summoned at the behest of Westley to begin an investigation into the city lottery be...