Two-Dollar Bettor

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.

Two-Dollar Bettor
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdward L. Cahn
Produced byEdward L. Cahn
Screenplay byWilliam Raynor
(as Bill Raynor)
StarringSteve Brodie
Marie Windsor
John Litel
Music byIrving Gertz
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Edited bySherman A. Rose
(Sherman Rose)
Production
company
Jack Broder Productions Inc.
Distributed byRealart Pictures
Release date
  • September 9, 1951 (1951-09-09)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 'Alfala' 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)
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