The Iron Mistress

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The Iron Mistress is a 1952 historical adventure film about the life of frontiersman Jim Bowie, noted for its swashbuckling action and romantic drama.

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The Iron Mistress canonical 3
The Iron Mistress (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
historical adventure film
basedOn The Iron Mistress self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Iron Mistress (novel)
basedOnAuthor Paul Iselin Wellman
cinematographyBy John F. Seitz NERFINISHED
colorProcess black and white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts American frontier
Bowie knife
dueling
director Gordon Douglas
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Alan Crosland Jr.
era 1950s American cinema
filmStudioLot Warner Bros. Studios
surface form: Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank
format black-and-white film
genre historical adventure film
romantic drama film
swashbuckler film
hasFilmPosterArtist Reynold Brown
leadActorRole Alan Ladd as Jim Bowie
leadActressRole Virginia Mayo as Judalon de Bornay
mainSubject James Bowie
surface form: Jim Bowie
motionPictureRatingSystem unrated (pre-MPAA ratings era)
musicBy Max Steiner
narrativeFocus life of frontiersman Jim Bowie
notableFor romantic drama elements
swashbuckling action sequences
originalLanguage English
producer Henry Blanke
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1952-11-19
releaseYear 1952
runtimeMinutes 110
screenwriter James R. Webb
setInPeriod early 19th century
settingLocation Louisiana
Mississippi
starring Alan Ladd
Alan Napier
Anthony Caruso
Douglas Dick
Ernest Borgnine
John Dehner
Jonathan Emery
Phyllis Kirk
Virginia Mayo

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Sterling Hayden notableWork The Iron Mistress
The Iron Mistress basedOn The Iron Mistress self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Iron Mistress (novel)
Anthony Veiller wrote The Iron Mistress
Jeff Donnell notableWork The Iron Mistress