Street of Chance (1930 film)

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Street of Chance
Directed by	John Cromwell
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Written by	Oliver H.P. Garrett (story) Lenore J. Coffee Howard Estabrook Ben Hecht (uncredited) Charles MacArthur (uncredited) Gerald Geraghty (titles)
Starring	William Powell Jean Arthur
Music by	John Leipold (uncredited)
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Editing by	Otho Lovering
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	February 8, 1930
Running time	76 min
Country	USA
Language	English
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Street of Chance is a 1930 film directed by John Cromwell and starring William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis and Regis Toomey.

[edit] Plot

John Marsden, a famed and powerful New York gambler who refuses to throw a game, is devoted to his wife, Alma, and his impressionistic younger brother, "Babe," to whom he sends a wedding gift of $10,000, which Babe may keep on the condition that he does not indulge in gambling. Alma, dismayed by John's ruthless tactics and his obsession with gambling, threatens to leave him unless he takes his winnings and leaves the city with her. He agrees. However, that evening Babe, who has become a cardsharp, comes to town with his new wife, Judith. He goes to see his brother, whom he believes is a stockbroker, unaware of John's true profession and the reality that he is trying to quit and rebuild his marriage. Babe insists on playing and tries to win a fortune with his savings in an organized gambling session. He wins remarkably. The professional gambler sees that his card-playing sibling is preparing to make the same mistakes he did. John therefore decides to risk his life and gamble one more time, and to break the gambler's code and cheat by throwing the game, in order to disillusion Babe, thereby teaching him an unforgettable lesson. However, John is caught cheating by Dorgan and becomes a marked man. John is later is mortally wounded, in spite of his wife's attempts to save him.