Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.
Acting
Robinson's puppy-dog eyes sell every catastrophic bet.
Production
Dog track sequences that actually filmed at real tracks.
Writing
Dialogue that gambles with sentiment and somehow wins.
Director
Alfred E. Green
Edward G. Robinson
Jim 'Buck' Turner
Genevieve Tobin
Marge Mayhew Turner
Glenda Farrell
Valerie 'Val' Wilson
Robert Barrat
Tex Willis
Hobart Cavanaugh
George Mayhew
Gordon Westcott
Joe
Sidney Toler
John Bright
Henry B. Walthall
Schultz
George Meeker
Pres Barrow
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Mayhew
Willard Robertson
Bill 'Billy' Fallen
William V. Mong
Plummer, Hotel Owner
Sam McDaniel
George, the Train Porter (uncredited)
George Chandler
Soapy Sam Lambert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made in 1934's final Pre-Code months—watch it evaporate. The Hays Code enforcement began July 1934, making this a fossil of Hollywood's last gasp of adult content.
Dark Hazard the greyhound was a real racing champion loaned to Warner Bros. His screen presence reportedly outshined half the human cast.
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