Mississippi
SAIL AWAY ON A CRUISE OF MERRIMENT & MELODY
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
- Genre: Music, Comedy
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Keyword: based on novel or book, mississippi river, musical, pacifist, riverboat, showboat, brawl, 19th century
- Cast: Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Queenie Smith, Gail Patrick, Claude Gillingwater