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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089218433190
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
Label: Alpha Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Alpha Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Running Time: 72 minutes
Studio: Alpha Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1951-08
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On his first visit to a racetrack, straight-laced John Litel innocently places a two-dollar bet and winds up winning ten dollars, a simple act that leads to a full-blown gambling addiction, embezzlement, and associations with seedy con artists. TWO-DOLLAR BETTOR is a preachy, ham-fisted yet entertaining "problem picture" from 1951. It's sort of the REEFER MADNESS of gambling movies, although Litel's sympathetic performance helps to smooth over some pretty implausible situations. It may not be a first ... Read More
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EXCERPT FROM THE BACK COVER:
"A family man loses everything in this horrifying tale of gambling addiction! ... Two-Dollar Bettor is a classic '50s "problem picture" - part noir gangster exploitation and part campy morality play, filled with glittering production design that offers an insightful and now nostalgic window into America's past."
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The director: Edward L Cahn has directed over 100 films but none that I could recognize as "significant" (and I research multitudes of films).
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