King of Gamblers (1937)

Director:

Robert Florey

Writers:

Doris Anderson (writer)
Tiffany Thayer (story)

Release Date:

23 April 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Cast

Claire Trevor	...	Dixie Moore
Lloyd Nolan	...	Jim Adams
Akim Tamiroff	...	Steve Kalkas
Buster Crabbe	...	Eddie
Helen Burgess	...	Jackie Nolan
Porter Hall	...	George Kramer
Harvey Stephens	...	J.G. Temple
Barlowe Borland	...	Mr. Parker
Purnell Pratt	...	Strohm
Colin Tapley	...	Joe
Paul Fix	...	Charlie
Cecil Cunningham	...	Big Edna
Robert Gleckler	...	Ed Murkil
Nick Lukats	...	Taxi Driver
Fay Holden	...	Nurse

Also Known As:

Czar of the Slot Machines

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

A fast moving and low budget crime drama seasoned with mystery & comedy.

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SPOILERS: Akim Tamiroff, Paramount's resident crime lord, runs all the illegal gambling activities in a major city. Reporter Lloyd Nolan struggles to get the goods on Tamiroff, but runs up against a stone wall until he meets sexy but tough nightclub singer Claire Trevor (obviously dubbed). Trevor is anxious to avenge the death of her innocent sister (Helen Burgess), who was done in by Tamiroff's henchmen. Though only a "B" picture budget, King of Gamblers was given "A" treatment by director Robert Florey. The film was part of an unofficial Paramount series based on the FBIs J. Edgar Hoover book Persons in Hiding.