Life on the Mississippi

Synopsis

Most mid-19th-century Mississippi River boys dreamed of occupying that pinnacle of power and glamour, the pilot house of a riverboat. In a riot of local color, this film tells how, unlike many, Sam's dream comes true. A callow teenager, he talks the tough but consummate Horace Bixby into making him his apprentice on the "Paul Jones," eventually following him to the much finer "Aleck Scott." Meanwhile, he is already spinning fantastic yarns to everyone from awe-struck lads ashore, to fellow "cub pilots", to young lady passengers who catch his eye. Things temporarily take a turn for the worse when Bixby must attend a meeting and leave Sam to work under Brown, a dour tyrant with a grudge against him.

Main Cast

Robert Lansing

Age : 66 | Popularity : 42%

David Knell

Age : 63 | Popularity : 42%

James Keane

Age : N/A | Popularity : 22%

Donald Madden

Age : 54 | Popularity : 11%

John Pankow

Age : N/A | Popularity : 62%

Bill Holliday

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Luke Reilly

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Marcy Walker

Age : N/A | Popularity : 83%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Peter H. Hunt
Writing	Screenplay	Philip H. Reisman Jr.
	Book	Mark Twain
Department	Role	Name

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