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The Big Gamble

6.119311h 5mMovieThrillerCrime

A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the one-year suicide clause has elapsed.

DirectorFred Niblo
WritersF. McGrew Willis·Walter DeLeon
ProducerCharles R. Rogers

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Cast · Directed by Fred Niblo

WBWilliam Boyd
William Boyd
Alan Beckwith
DSDorothy Sebastian
Dorothy Sebastian
Beverly Ames Beckwith
WOWarner Oland
Warner Oland
Andrew North
JGJames Gleason
James Gleason
Fred 'Squint' Dugan
GMGeneva Mitchell
Geneva Mitchell
Trixie, North's Companion
ZPZasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts
Nora Dugan
JMJune MacCloy
June MacCloy
Mae Robbins
WJWilliam Collier Jr.
William Collier Jr.
Johnnie Ames
RIRalph Ince
Ralph Ince
Webb

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The Big Gamble hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 23, 1931. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.