---
title: 'Mississippi (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'A. Edward Sutherland'
released: '1935-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 73
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mississippi-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026723/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mississippi (1935)

1935 · 73 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Mississippi is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, and Joan Bennett. Written by Francis Martin and Jack Cunningham based on the novel Magnolia by Booth Tarkington, the film is about a young pacifist who, after refusing on principle to defend his sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer and acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which a villain accidentally kills himself with his own gun. The film was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

## Credits

- **Director:** [A. Edward Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-edward-sutherland), [Wesley Ruggles](https://cinepixo.com/people/wesley-ruggles)
- **Screenplay:** [Claude Binyon](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-binyon), [Francis Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-martin), [Jack Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cunningham)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lang), [Karl Struss](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-struss)
- **Editor:** [Chandler House](https://cinepixo.com/people/chandler-house)

## Cast

- [Jack Mulhall](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mulhall)
- [Fred Kohler](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-kohler)
- [John Miljan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-miljan)
- [Victor Potel](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-potel)
- [Queenie Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/queenie-smith)
- [Stanley Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-andrews)
- [J. P. McGowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-p-mcgowan)
- [Dennis O'Keefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-o-keefe)
- [Paul Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hurst)
- [Charles King](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-king)
- [Edward Pawley](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-pawley)
- [Francis McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-mcdonald)
- [Joan Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-bennett)
- [W. C. Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-c-fields)
- [Harry Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-myers)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mississippi-1935
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