Hazard (1948)
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Chronic gambler Ellen Crane (Paulette Goddard) indulges in games of chance to compensate for the loss of her boyfriend during WW2. Heavily in debt to gambling czar Lonnie Burns (Fred Clark), Ellen promises to marry him to clear her financial slate, but in the cold light of day she rethinks her decision and takes it on the lam. The irascible Burns hires detective J. D. Storm (Macdonald Carey) to track Ellen down and bring her back. After a hectic cross-country pursuit, Ellen and Storm come to realize what the audience has predicted all along: they've fallen in love with each other. This very standard assembly-line comedy is redeemed by its character actors, notably squeaky-voiced Percy Helton as a "three time loser" jailbird. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Paulette Goddard - Ellen Crane
- Fred Clark - Lonnie Burns
- "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom - Truck driver
- Charles McGraw - Chick
- Jimmy Conlin - Mr. Tilson
- Earl Hodgins - Doctor
- Ralph Montgomery - Poker player
- Walter S. Baldwin - Superintendent
- Mary Adams - Matron
- Phillip Barnes - Dealer
- Charles Williams - Little Man
- Jackie Searl - Public Defender
- Howard Mitchell - Poker player
- Taylor Holmes - Mr. Meeler
- Benson Fong - Chinese House Boy
- MacDonald Carey - J.D. Storm
- Stanley Clements - Joe the Bellhop
- Percy Helton - Beady
- Frank Faylen - Oscar
- Ann Doran - Nurse
- James Millican - Houseman
- Isabel Randolph - Woman in hotel
- Sam Ash - Poker Player
- Frank Henry - Poker player
- Ed Randolph - Cab driver
- Frank Fenton - Sheriff
- Ralph Peters - Cab driver
- Babe London - Matron
- Ralf Harolde - Cab driver
- George Douglas - Bettor
- Director(s):
- George Marshall
- Writer(s):
- Arthur Sheekman, Roy Chanslor
- Producer(s):
- Mel Epstein
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