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Two-Dollar Bettor

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

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

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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

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