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Two-Dollar Bettor

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Two-Dollar Bettor
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdward L. Cahn
Produced byEdward L. Cahn
StarringSteve Brodie
Marie Windsor
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Distributed byJack Broder Productions Inc.
Release date
  • September 9, 1951 (1951-09-09)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Two Dollar Bettor is a 1951 black-and-white B-movie film.

Plot

A middle-aged man who 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 by a beautiful con woman and her husband for thousands of dollars. To try to get even, the man begins betting on long shots.

Cast

Former Little Rascals star Carl Switzer (Alfalfa) is also in the film.