Two Dollar Bettor
"Don't be a sucker!"
An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.
"Don't be a sucker!"
An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.
Steve Brodie
Rick Bowers - aka Rick Slate
Marie Windsor
Mary Slate
John Litel
John Hewitt
Barbara Logan
Nancy Hewitt
Robert Sherwood
Phillip Adams
Barbara Bestar
Diane 'Dee' Hewitt
Walter Kingsford
Carleton P. Adams
Don Shelton
George Irwin
Kay Lavelle
Grandma Sarah Irwin
An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.