The Iron Mistress
movie

JIM BOWIE...a man with his name on a knife - and a woman with a weapon all her own!
Released November 19, 1952
Overview
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.
Cast

Alan Ladd
as
Jim Bowie

Virginia Mayo
as
Judalon de Bornay

Joseph Calleia
as
Juan Moreno

Phyllis Kirk
as
Ursula de Varamendi

Alf Kjellin
as
Phillipe de Cabanal

Douglas Dick
as
Narcisse de Bornay

Anthony Caruso
as
Black Jack Sturdevant

Nedrick Young
as
Henri Contrecourt

George Voskovec
as
John James Audubon

Richard Carlyle
as
Rezin Bowie

Robert Emhardt
as
Gen. Cuny

Don Beddoe
as
Dr. Cuny
Crew

Gordon Douglas
as
Director
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James R. Webb
as
Screenplay
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Paul Wellman
as
Novel

Max Steiner
as
Original Music Composer
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Henry Blanke
as
Producer

John F. Seitz
as
Director of Photography

Alan Crosland, Jr.
as
Editor
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John Beckman
as
Art Direction
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George James Hopkins
as
Set Decoration
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Gordon Bau
as
Makeup Artist
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David Curtiz
as
Second Unit Director
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Oren Haglund
as
Assistant Director