Two-Dollar Bettor
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Windsor and Litel in Two-Dollar Bettor |
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Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
Produced by | Edward L. Cahn |
Starring | Steve Brodie Marie Windsor |
Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
Distributed by | Realart Pictures |
Release date(s) | August, 1951 |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
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Two Dollar Bettor is a 1951 black-and-white film. It is both a camp morality story and B-movie film noir.
The film tells the story of a middle-aged man who places a two-dollar bet on a horse at the track and wins. The widower with two teenaged daughters becomes hooked on gambling and within a week he begins cashing in his life savings to pay off his bookie. To make matters worse, he's being grifted by a beautiful con woman and her husband for thousands of dollars. To try to get even, the man begins betting on long shots.
[edit] Cast
- Steve Brodie as Rick Bowers, alias Rick Slate
- Marie Windsor as Mary Slate
- John Litel as John Hewitt alias John Ramsey
Former Little Rascals star Carl Switzer (Alfalfa) is also in the film.