Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.
Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Jim 'Buck' Turner
Genevieve Tobin
Marge Mayhew Turner
Glenda Farrell
Valerie 'Val' Wilson
Robert Barrat
Tex Willis
Hobart Cavanaugh
George Mayhew
Gordon Westcott
Joe
Sidney Toler
John Bright
War Cry
Dark Hazard, a Greyhound Dog
Henry B. Walthall
Schultz
George Meeker
Pres Barrow
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Mayhew
Willard Robertson
Bill 'Billy' Fallen
William V. Mong
Plummer, Hotel Owner
Sam McDaniel
George, the Train Porter (uncredited)
George Chandler
Soapy Sam Lambert
James Donlan
Man Advising Jim at Dog Track
Harrison Greene
Roulette Dealer at Benny's Casino
Lew Harvey
Mr. Stein's Assistant
Leonard Mudie
Birdy, Australian Tout
Cyril Ring
Extra at Third Roulette Table
Barbara Rogers
Miss Dolby, Hotel Switchboard Operator
Harry Seymour
Mr. Stein, the Bookkepper
Crew
Alfred E. Green
Director
Ralph Block
Screenplay
Brown Holmes
Screenplay
W.R. Burnett
Novel
Herbert Levy
Editor
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Maxwell Arnow
Casting Director
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
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