Two Dollar Bettor

Sep 9, 1951

1h 12m

★ 5.3

Don't be a sucker!

Overview

An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Jack Broder Productions Inc.

Two Dollar Bettor Trailers

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Cast

Rick Bowers - aka Rick Slate

Steve Brodie

Mary Slate

Marie Windsor

John Hewitt

John Litel

Nancy Hewitt

Barbara Logan

Phillip Adams

Robert Sherwood

Diane 'Dee' Hewitt

Barbara Bestar

Carleton P. Adams

Walter Kingsford

George Irwin

Don Shelton

Grandma Sarah Irwin

Kay Lavelle

Chuck Nordlinger

Carl Switzer

Margaret Adams

Isabel Randolph

Teddy Cosgrove Phelps

Ralph Reed

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