''Two Dollar Bettor'' is a 1951 American
film noir
Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American ' ...
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Edward L. Cahn
Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director.
Early life and education
Cahn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He went to work at Universal Pictures in 1917 while still a student at UCLA.
Career
...
and starring
Steve Brodie,
Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an American actress known for her femme fatale characters in the classic film noir features ''Force of Evil'', ''The Narrow Margin'' and '' The Killing''. Wi ...
and
John Litel
John Beach Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Litel was born in Albany, Wisconsin. During World War I, he enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery. Ba ...
.
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
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Steve Brodie as Rick Bowers, alias Rick Slate
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Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an American actress known for her femme fatale characters in the classic film noir features ''Force of Evil'', ''The Narrow Margin'' and '' The Killing''. Wi ...
as Mary Slate
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John Litel
John Beach Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Litel was born in Albany, Wisconsin. During World War I, he enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery. Ba ...
as John Hewitt
* Barbara Logan as Nancy Hewitt
* Robert Sherwood as Phillip Adams
* Barbara Bestar as Diane 'Dee' Hewitt
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Walter Kingsford
Walter Kingsford (born Walter Pearce; 20 September 1882 – 7 February 1958) was an English stage, film and television actor.
Early years
Kingsford was born in Redhill, Surrey, England.
Career
Kingsford began his acting career on the Lo ...
as Carleton P. Adams
* Don Shelton as George Irwin
* Kay Lavelle as Grandma Sarah Irwin (as Kay La Lavelle)
*
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
Carl Dean Switzer (August 7, 1927 – January 21, 1959) was an American singer, child actor, dog breeder, and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the short subjects series '' Our Gang''.
Switzer began his career as a child ...
as Chuck Nordillnger (as Carl Switzer)
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Isabel Randolph
Isabel Randolph (December 4, 1889 – January 11, 1973) was an American character actress in radio and film from the 1940s through the 1960s and in television from the early 1950s to the middle 1960s.
Early life
She was born in 1889 in Chi ...
as Margaret Adams
* Ralph Reed as Teddy Cosgrove Phelps
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Barbara Billingsley
Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes; December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010) was an American actress. She began her career with uncredited roles in ''Three Guys Named Mike'' (1951), ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952), and '' Inva ...
as Miss Pierson (as Barbara Billinley)
* Ralph Hodges as Chester Mitchell
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Madelon Baker as Grace Shepard (as Madelon Mitchell)
See also
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List of films about horse racing
The following is a list of films featuring horse racing.
List
See also
* List of films about horses
* List of highest grossing sports films
*List of sports films
References
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Films about animals playing sports
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External links
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1951 films
1951 crime drama films
American black-and-white films
American crime drama films
American horse racing films
Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
Films about gambling
Jack Broder Productions Inc. films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
Films scored by Irving Gertz
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