Two Dollar Bettor (1951)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Addiction Drama |
Release Date - Sep 9, 1951 (USA - Unknown), Sep 9, 1951 (USA) |
Run Time - 72 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Dependable supporting actor John Litel is top-billed in the independently produced Two Dollar Bettor. Litel plays John Hewitt, a respectable widower who takes the first step on the road to depravation when he makes his first-ever bet at the race track. Consumed by gambling fever, Hewitt is reduced to committing embezzlement to satisfy his urge. Things don't end too well for Our Hero, but redemption of sorts is provided from an unexpected corner. Marie Windsor steals the show in the atypical role of a con artist who is willing to take the hapless Hewitt for everything he's got. Two Dollar Bettor was directed by Edward L. Cahn with his usual ten-day-schedule efficiency.
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gambler-compulsive, gambling, embezzlement, widow/widower, scandal, foil [thwart], death, death-in-family, family-member, poverty
