My Dearest Assassin
2026 · Action · Drama
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Film / 1952
The Iron Mistress
Directed by
Gordon Douglas
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.
The story
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 LaddJim Bowie
Virginia MayoJudalon de Bornay
Joseph CalleiaJuan Moreno
Phyllis KirkUrsula de Varamendi
Alf KjellinPhillipe de Cabanal
Douglas DickNarcisse de Bornay
Anthony CarusoBlack Jack Sturdevant
Nedrick YoungHenri Contrecourt
George VoskovecJohn James Audubon
Richard CarlyleRezin Bowie
Robert EmhardtGen. Cuny
Don BeddoeDr. Cuny
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Harold GordonAndrew Marschalk
Jay NovelloJudge Crain
Nick DennisNez Coupe
Sarah SelbyMrs. Bowie
Dick PaxtonJohn Bowie
George J. LewisColonel Wells
Edward ColmansDon Juan de Varamendi
Gordon NelsonDr. Maddox
Daria MasseyTeresa de Varamendi
Leon AltonRiverboat Passenger
John AlvinImpatient Man in Tailor's Shop
Ernest AndersonRiverboat Cabin Boy
Walter BaconCasino Patron
Salvador BaguezMexican Artist
Richard BartellHorse Race Starter
John BartonGambling House Patron
Madge BlakeMrs. Cuny
Oliver BlakeInnkeeper
Eugene BordenCocquelon, Tailor
Chet BrandenburgCasino Patron
Harry BrownDuran
Morgan BrownSaloon Patron
Ivan BrowningButler
Argentina BrunettiDuenna
Morris BuchananSam
Peter CamlinCroupier
Fred CavensAged Swordsman
CharlitaGirl in Hay
Ann CodeeLandlady
Jean Del ValSt. Sylvain
Stanley FraserAl Blanchard
Jack CarrJake
Tom ColemanCasino Patron (uncredited)
Gayle KelloggPayne (uncredited)
Alberto MorinCoachman (uncredited)
Hal TaggartRoulette Table Spectator (uncredited)
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