Great Day in the Morning was directed by Jacques Tourneur and stars Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol and Raymond Burr. The screenplay is a film adaptation of Robert Hardy Andrews's novel of the same name. Just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, gold is discovered in the Colorado Territory. Southerner gambler
and entrepreneur Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack) and Union agent Stephen Kirby (Alex Nicol) battle with each other in a struggle to obtain the most gold to give to their respective armies. For poker fans there is a pretty good scene at the start of the film, Upon arrival in Denver Stack wins the local gambling hall from Raymond
Burr in a hand of 5 card showdown poker Stacks trip eights win out over Burr's pair of queens. Not Rated, color 1956: 92 min.
