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The Big Gamble(1931)
Status: Released
Date: 1931-09-04
60%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 5m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Big Gamble
Top 9 Billed Cast
William Boyd
Alan Beckwith
Dorothy Sebastian
Beverly Ames Beckwith
Warner Oland
Andrew North
James Gleason
Fred 'Squint' Dugan
Geneva Mitchell
Trixie, North's Companion
Zasu Pitts
Nora Dugan
June MacCloy
Mae Robbins
William Collier Jr.
Johnnie Ames
Ralph Ince
Webb
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