''Two Dollar Bettor'' is a 1951 American

film noir Film noir (; ) is a style of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Crime film, crime dramas that emphasizes cynicism (contemporary), cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of Ameri ...

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Edward L. Cahn Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director and editor. Early life and education Cahn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He went to work at Universal Pictures in 1917 while still a student at UCLA. ...

and starring Steve Brodie,

Marie Windsor Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an American actress known for her femme fatale characters in the classic film noir features '' Force of Evil'', '' The Narrow Margin'' and '' The Killing''. ...

and

John Litel John Beach Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was an American film and television actor. Early life Litel was born in Albany, Wisconsin. During World War I, he enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery. B ...

Plot

A middle-aged man places a two-dollar bet on a horse at the track and wins. The widower with two teenaged daughters becomes hooked on gambling and within a week he begins cashing in his life savings to pay off his bookie. To make matters worse, he's being grifted for thousands of dollars by a beautiful con woman and her husband. To try to get even, the man begins betting on long shots.

Cast

* Steve Brodie as Rick Bowers, alias Rick Slate *

as Mary Slate *

as John Hewitt * Barbara Logan as Nancy Hewitt * Robert Sherwood as Phillip Adams * Barbara Bestar as Diane 'Dee' Hewitt *

Walter Kingsford Walter Kingsford (born Walter Pearce; 20 September 1881 – 7 February 1958) was an English stage, film, and television actor. Early years Kingsford was born in Redhill, Surrey, England. Career Kingsford began his acting career on the L ...

as Carleton P. Adams * Don Shelton as George Irwin * Kay Lavelle as Grandma Sarah Irwin (as Kay La Lavelle) *

Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Carl Dean Switzer (August 7, 1927 – January 21, 1959) was an American child actor, comic singer, dog breeder, and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the ''Our Gang'' series of short subjects, short-subject comedies. Switz ...

as Chuck Nordillnger (as Carl Switzer) *

Isabel Randolph Isabel Randolph (born Isabelle Elfreda Mair; December 4, 1889 – January 11, 1973) was an American character actress in radio and film from the 1940s through the 1960s and in television from the early 1950s to the middle 1960s. Early life ...

as Margaret Adams * Ralph Reed as Teddy Cosgrove Phelps *

Barbara Billingsley Barbara Billingsley (December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010) was an American actress. She began her career with uncredited roles in '' Three Guys Named Mike'' (1951), '' The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952), and '' Invaders from Mars'' (1953) and ...

as Miss Pierson (as Barbara Billinley) * Ralph Hodges as Chester Mitchell * Madelon Baker as Grace Shepard (as Madelon Mitchell)

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* * 1951 films 1951 crime drama films 1950s American films 1950s English-language films American black-and-white films American crime drama films American films about gambling American horse racing films English-language crime drama films Films directed by Edward L. Cahn Films scored by Irving Gertz Jack Broder Productions Inc. films {{1950s-US-drama-film-stub

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