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Gambler's Choice
A Thunder bolt of thrills...with life betting on the turn of a card!
The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York...
- Original title
- Gambler's Choice
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 30, 2022 · via TMDB
This is quite an enjoyable story about an "Hadley" (Chester Morris) who runs a fancy gambling joint. He manages to fix the local council election and get his decent, honourable, childhood pal "Mike" (Russell Hayden) made captain of the local precinct. "Chappie" (Sheldon Leonard), meantime, owns a rival establishment and puts out a contract on "Hadley". He survives, OK, but a policeman is killed and this forces his erstwhile buddy to mobilise the force to raid all the casinos in their "Tenderloin" locale. The ruthless "Hadley" soon flexes his muscle and "Mike" is soon demoted, and on traffic detail in some backwater. That is, until he is recruited by a special prosecutor and charged with breaking up these seedy operations - and the battle lines are drawn. Mary Kelly provides their (shared) love interest adequately enough, but she and the romantic elements feature but sparingly in this otherwise pretty decent crime thriller with just enough action and a few twists and turns to keep it interesting. It's got some nice old motor cars too.
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Chester Morris
Ross Hadley
Nancy Kelly
Mary Hayes / Vi Parker
Russell Hayden
Mike McGlennon
Lee Patrick
Fay Lawrence
Lloyd Corrigan
Ulysses Sylvester Rogers
Sheldon Leonard
Chappie Wilson
Lyle Talbot
Yellow Gloves Weldon
Tom Dugan
Benny
Charles Arnt
Honest John McGrady
Joseph Crehan
Toby (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Phony Robbery Victim (uncredited)
Frank McDonald
Director
William C. Thomas
Producer
Irving Reis
Screenplay
James Edward Grant
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