Directors: Ben Hecht; Lee Garmes

Writer: Ben Hecht

Music by: George Antheil

Producer: Ben Hecht

Keywords: Drama, New York, Broadway, Poker

A fixed poker game one rainy night on Broadway: Bookkeeper Charles Engle is close to killing himself unless he can come up with $3000 he embezzled. Bill O'Brien believes Engle to be a wealthy rube and sets up the fix. Nina Barona is a showgirl who would like to meet someone. And Gene Gibbons is a drunken playwright who wants to help Engle. Ben Hecht received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	Actor	9-Dec-1909	7-May-2000	Sinbad the Sailor
Rita Hayworth	Actor	17-Oct-1918	14-May-1987	Gilda
Thomas Mitchell	Actor	11-Jul-1892	17-Dec-1962	Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
John Qualen	Actor	8-Dec-1899	12-Sep-1987	The Grapes of Wrath

CAST

Starring
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	...   Bill O'Brien
with
Rita Hayworth	...   Nina Barone
Thomas Mitchell	...   Gene Gibbons
John Qualen	...   Charles Engle
George Watts	...   Hopper
Ralph Theodore	...   Dutch Enright
Eddie Foster	...   Louie Artino
Jack Roper	...   Eddie Burns
Constance Worth	...   Sylvia Marbe

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