Lucky Nick Cain (1951)
"I'll Get You for This" (original title)

American gambler Nick Cain arrives at the Mediterranean town of San Paola, and befriends an orphan Italian shoe-shine boy named Toni. He is puzzled by the reception and welcome he receives ... See full summary »

Director:

Joseph M. Newman

Writers:

George Callahan, James Hadley Chase (novel),

Stars:

George Raft, Coleen Gray, Enzo Staiola

Cast

Cast overview:
George Raft	...	Nick Cain
Coleen Gray	...	Kay Wonderly
Enzo Staiola	...	Toni
Charles Goldner	...	Massine
Walter Rilla	...	Müller
Martin Benson	...	Frankie Sperazza
Peter Illing	...	Armando Ceralde
Hugh French	...	Miles Travers
Peter Bull	...	Hans
Elwyn Brook-Jones	...	The Fence
Constance Smith	...	Nina
Greta Gynt	...	Claudette Ambling
Margot Grahame	...	Mrs. Langley
Donald Stewart	...	Kennedy
Jack la Roc	...	Himself - Orchestra Leader (as Jack la Roc and His Orchestra)

Storyline

American gambler Nick Cain arrives at the Mediterranean town of San Paola, and befriends an orphan Italian shoe-shine boy named Toni. He is puzzled by the reception and welcome he receives from the management of the casino until he finds he has been framed on a charge of murdering a U.S. Treasury Agent. He escapes with Kay Wonderly and they flee to a deserted village where he leaves Kay to hide out. Nick gets aid from a mysterious character named Massine, whom he suspects of trying to collect the reward offered on his capture. Nick discovers that the men responsible for the agent's death are members of an international counterfeiting ring, using the casino to pass the bogus money.

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Plot Keywords:

gambler | punctuation in title | contraction in title | apostrophe in title | based on novel

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lucky Nick Cain

Filming Locations:

San Remo, Imperia, Liguria, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kaydor, Romulus Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Lena"
Written by Bruno Coquatrix and Ray Ventura
Performed by Jack la Roc and His Orchestra

User Reviews

The Hitler Plates

Gambler George Raft on a leisurely holiday on the Italian Riviera arrives at a hotel/casino where the management is really pulling out all the hospitality stops for him. The casino manager Martin Benson has even forgiven the losses of fellow American tourist Coleen Gray at the gaming tables if she'll just be friendly to Raft.

Gray's friendly enough all right, but when a Mickey Finn is slipped in both their drinks, Raft and Gray wake up to find themselves wanted for the murder of a third American at the resort.

That particular American Donald Stewart as it turns out was a secret service agent on the trail of some gangsters who have grabbed some nearly perfect counterfeit plates developed by the Nazis and never put in use during the war to destroy the value of American currency.

I'll Get You For This also entitled Lucky Nick Cain is concerned with just how Raft and Gray get out of this jackpot. The only one they can trust for a while until they sort out the good guys from the bad guys is shoeshine boy Enzo Staiola who was prominently featured in Vittorio DeSica's The Bicycle Thief a few years earlier. By the way when you see Staiola meet Raft at the beginning of the film and offer him a shine, Raft's elevator shoes are plainly visible.

The film is a British production with American stars and an Italian setting and a cast of all three countries. Maybe color would have helped as it always does in Mediterranean settings, but the film never really takes off in the action department. Raft was clearly in the B film phase of his career and this one didn't help him get out of it.