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| Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
| Screenplay by | William Raynor (as Bill Raynor) |
| Produced by | Edward L. Cahn |
| Starring | Steve Brodie Marie Windsor John Litel |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Edited by | Sherman A. Rose (Sherman Rose) |
| Music by | Irving Gertz |
| Production company | Jack Broder Productions Inc. |
| Distributed by | Realart Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Two Dollar Bettor is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Steve Brodie, Marie Windsor and John Litel.
Plot
A middle-aged man 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 for thousands of dollars by a beautiful con woman and her husband. To try to get even, the man begins betting on long shots.
Cast
- Steve Brodie as Rick Bowers, alias Rick Slate
- Marie Windsor as Mary Slate
- John Litel as John Hewitt
- Barbara Logan as Nancy Hewitt
- Robert Sherwood as Phillip Adams
- Barbara Bestar as Diane 'Dee' Hewitt
- Walter Kingsford as Carleton P. Adams
- Don Shelton as George Irwin
- Kay Lavelle as Grandma Sarah Irwin (as Kay La Lavelle)
- Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer as Chuck Nordillnger (as Carl Switzer)
- Isabel Randolph as Margaret Adams
- Ralph Reed as Teddy Cosgrove Phelps
- Barbara Billingsley as Miss Pierson (as Barbara Billinley)
- Ralph Hodges as Chester Mitchell
- Madelon Baker as Grace Shepard (as Madelon Mitchell)
See also
External links
- Two-Dollar Bettor at IMDb
- Two-Dollar Bettor is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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