Two-Dollar Bettor Explained

Two-Dollar Bettor
Director:Edward L. Cahn
Producer:Edward L. Cahn
Screenplay:William Raynor
(as Bill Raynor)
Starring:Steve Brodie
Marie Windsor
John Litel
Music:Irving Gertz
Cinematography:Charles Van Enger
Editing:Sherman A. Rose
(Sherman Rose)
Studio:Jack Broder Productions Inc.
Distributor:Realart Pictures
Runtime: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.

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