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The Big Gamble

The Big Gamble
★ 6.1/10•1931•1h 5m•Thriller•Crime

A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the one-year suicide clause has elapsed.

Fred Niblo · Director

F. McGrew Willis · Screenplay

Walter DeLeon · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 5m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 4, 1931

Actors

William Boyd

William Boyd

Alan Beckwith

Dorothy Sebastian

Dorothy Sebastian

Beverly Ames Beckwith

Warner Oland

Warner Oland

Andrew North

James Gleason

James Gleason

Fred 'Squint' Dugan

Geneva Mitchell

Geneva Mitchell

Trixie, North's Companion

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Nora Dugan

June MacCloy

June MacCloy

Mae Robbins

William Collier Jr.

William Collier Jr.

Johnnie Ames

Ralph Ince

Ralph Ince

Webb

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