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Any Number Can Play (1949)

112 min  -  Drama  -   15 July 1949 (USA)
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Gambling-house owner finds himself estranged from his wife and son.

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clark Gable ...
Charley Enley Kyng
Alexis Smith Alexis Smith ...
Lon Kyng
Wendell Corey Wendell Corey ...
Robbin Elcott
Audrey Totter Audrey Totter ...
Alice Elcott
Frank Morgan ...
Jim Kurstyn
Mary Astor ...
Ada
Lewis Stone Lewis Stone ...
Ben Gavery Snelerr
Barry Sullivan Barry Sullivan ...
Tycoon
Marjorie Rambeau Marjorie Rambeau ...
Sarah Calbern
Edgar Buchanan ...
Ed
Leon Ames Leon Ames ...
Dr. Palmer
Mickey Knox Mickey Knox ...
Pete Senta
Richard Rober Richard Rober ...
Lew 'Angie' Debretti
William Conrad ...
Frank Sistina
Darryl Hickman ...
Paul Enley Kyng
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Storyline

Although Charley Kying has owned a casino for fifteen years, on one rainy night events and people seem to converge and threaten his family home and second home, his gambling house. After a doctor secretly diagnoses him with a severe heart condition and recommends that if he continues to subject himself to the daily stress of a professional gambler, he hasn't long to live. Later that day he's made to realize that he's been neglecting his faithful wife for years and abdicated his duties as father to his son, who resents his father's unsavory reputation and rebuffs his interest in attending that night's prom. Charley's weakling brother-in-law, who sponges off him by freeloading at home and cheating him out of petty cash as croupier, agrees to conspire with rival gamblers to cheat Charley out of thousands. Among the others who add stress to what would seem to be... Written by duke1029@aol.com  

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Genres:

Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Faites vos jeux See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$1,465,641 (estimated)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

There were two different (usually uncredited) character actors named William O'Brien - William H. O'Brien and William J. O'Brien - and they both appear in this film (uncredited) as gamblers. See more »

Quotes

Charley Enley Kyng: Too much tension... it's always coming to bat with the bases loaded.
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Connections

Featured in "Private Screenings: Child Stars" (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane"
(uncredited)
Music by Joe Burke
Lyrics by Edgar Leslie (1937)
Instrumetal played on phoograph See more »