Two Dollar Bettor (1951)
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Dependable supporting actor John Litel is top-billed in the independently produced Two Dollar Bettor. Litel plays John Hewitt, a respectable widower who takes the first step on the road to depravation when he makes his first-ever bet at the race track. Consumed by gambling fever, Hewitt is reduced to committing embezzlement to satisfy his urge. Things don't end too well for Our Hero, but redemption of sorts is provided from an unexpected corner. Marie Windsor steals the show in the atypical role of a con artist who is willing to take the hapless Hewitt for everything he's got. Two Dollar Bettor was directed by Edward L. Cahn with his usual ten-day-schedule efficiency. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 72 mins
Complete Cast:
- John Litel - John Hewitt
- Steve Brodie - Rick Bowers
- Robert Sherwood - Phillip Adams
- Don Shelton - George Irwin
- Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer - Chuck Norlinger
- Ralph Reed - Teddy
- Ralph Hodges - Chester
- Philip Van Zandt - Ralph Sheppard
- Marie Windsor - Mary Slate
- Barbara Logan - Nancy Hewitt
- Walter Kingsford - Carleton Adams
- Kay Lavelle - Mrs. Irwin
- Isabel Randolph - Mrs. Adams
- Barbara Billingsley - Miss Pierson
- Madelon Mitchell - Grace Sheppard
- Director(s):
- Edward L. Cahn
- Writer(s):
- Howard Emmet Rogers
- Producer(s):
- Edward L. Cahn
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