Saratoga Trunk
Directed by Sam Wood 135 mins (1945)
Gary Cooper – Colonel Clint Maroon
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Also starring Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson, Jerry Austin, John Warburton and Florence Bates.
Romantic drama based on the novel by Edna Ferber, first published in 1940. The word "trunk" refers to a railroad's main line - a "trunk" line - in this case, between Albany and Binghamton, New York on the Delaware and Hudson.
Due to wartime rationing shortages, most of the vegetables in the New Orleans, Louisiana market scene were fake.
Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Flora Robson).