A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before he can collect, she skips town, with a private detective hot on her trail.
Acting
Paulette Goddard sells desperation with a wink.
Direction
George Marshall keeps tonal whiplash surprisingly controlled.
Director
George Marshall
Paulette Goddard
Ellen Crane
Macdonald Carey
J.D. Storm
Fred Clark
Lonnie Burns
Stanley Clements
Joe, Bellboy
Frank Faylen
Oscar
Maxie Rosenbloom
Truck Driver
James Millican
Houseman
Percy Helton
Beady
Charles McGraw
Chick
Frank Fenton
Sheriff
Walter Baldwin
Superintendent
Isabel Randolph
Woman in Hotel
Taylor Holmes
Mr. Meeler
Eric Alden
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Hollywood's brief postwar flirtation with 'redemptive gambler' narratives before the Hays Code tightened.
Maxie Rosenbloom, the truck driver, was a real former boxing champ—his casting adds accidental authenticity to the road-movie violence.
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