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Two-Dollar Bettor

195172 minUnited States
Film noirDramaCrime
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Original language
English
This copy runs
71:25
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English

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Synopsis

A widowed father wins a small horse-racing bet and begins to imagine gambling as a dependable source of income. Losses soon consume his savings and lead him to take money from work. With an audit approaching, an apparently sympathetic woman introduces another supposedly certain opportunity, drawing his desperation into a confidence scheme.

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DirectorsEdward L. Cahn

Historical context

Edward L. Cahn's film follows gambling through ordinary domestic and clerical life rather than the glamour of a casino. Its progression from a modest wager to embezzlement gives the crime story the structure of a cautionary social drama.

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