The Big Gamble

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.

Cast

William Boyd

as Alan Beckwith

Dorothy Sebastian

as Beverly Ames Beckwith

Warner Oland

as Andrew North

James Gleason

as Fred 'Squint' Dugan

Geneva Mitchell

as Trixie, North's Companion

Zasu Pitts

as Nora Dugan

June MacCloy

as Mae Robbins

William Collier Jr.

as Johnnie Ames

Ralph Ince

as Webb

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