The Iron Mistress
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse’s murder, but Judalon takes up with another man. Jim eventually has another romantic interlude with Judalon and is forced to kill one of her suitors in self-defense. Jim leaves town, and falls for the daughter of a Texas politician, but his entanglement with Judalon continues to bedevil him.
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Director: David Curtiz, Gordon Douglas, Oren Haglund
Actors: Alan Ladd, Alf Kjellin, Anthony Caruso, Douglas Dick, George Voskovec, Joseph Calleia, Nedrick Young, Phyllis Kirk, Richard Carlyle, Virginia Mayo