Gambling House
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| Directed by | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Produced by | Warren B. Duff |
| Screenplay by |
Marvin Borowsky Allen Rivkin |
| Story by | Erwin S. Gelsey |
| Starring |
Victor Mature Terry Moore William Bendix Cleo Moore |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | Roland Gross |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Gambling House is a 1951 crime film noir directed by Ted Tetzlaff and starring Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix and Cleo Moore.[2]
Plot
A gangster, Joe Farrow, kills a man after a game of craps, then offers gambler Marc Fury a payment of $50,000 if he will take the rap and stand trial. Farrow tries to renege on the money, so Fury steals a ledger with information that could put Farrow behind bars.
Fury manages to be acquitted in court, but immigration authorities threaten to deport him, proving his parents never made him a naturalized citizen. Fury slips the ledger into the possession of an immigration lawyer, Lynn Warren, then later tracks her down, retrieves the book and tries to begin a romance.
Farrow's gunman comes looking for Fury, but ultimately double-crosses his boss. Lynn still isn't sure how she feels about him, but when Fury offers the $50,000 to a family that needs it to remain in America, she finally admires and trusts him.
Cast
- Victor Mature as Marc Fury
- Terry Moore as Lynn Warren
- William Bendix as Joe Farrow
- Cleo Moore as Sally
- Basil Ruysdael as Judge Ravinek
- Gloria Winters as B.J. Warren
- Donald Randolph as Lloyd Crane
- Ann Doran as Mrs. Della Lucas
- Eleanor Audley as Mrs. Livingston
- Don Haggerty as Sharky
Reception
Critical response
When first released, critic Bosley Crowther panned the film. He wrote, "Don't look for very rich pickings in R. K. O.'s Gambling House, a run-of-the-mill melodrama that came to the Mayfair on Saturday. Your chances for solid satisfaction from this tale of a crook who goes straight after meeting a decent young lady are about as good as they would be from a fixed wheel ... Put it down as claptrap and the performance of Mr. Mature as another demonstration of an actor doing the best he can with a bad role. Miss Moore is entirely incidental and William Bendix is mulishly mean as the tough and deceitful rascal who crosses up Mr. Mature. To say any more about it might tend to incriminate somebody."[3]
References
- ↑ "Gambling House: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ Gambling House at the TCM Movie Database.
- ↑ Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, March 19, 1951. Accessed: July 27, 2013.
External links
- Gambling House at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Gambling House at the Internet Movie Database
- Gambling House at AllMovie
- Gambling House at the TCM Movie Database
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