A rare picture in that Robinson plays a weakling, a man who is motivated by a compulsion to gamble and is manipulated by others. It's a refreshing role as, until then, Robinson had been the pusher rather than the pushee. Robinson is one of those gamblers who can win or lose thousands and
appear the same. He goes to work as a cashier at a small Ohio track and moves into a boardinghouse run by Dunn. Dunn's daughter, Tobin, falls for him despite Dunn's attempt to match her up with Meeker, one of the town's bigwigs. Tobin and Robinson get married after he swears off gambling. They
leave Ohio and move to Chicago, where Robinson takes a temporary job in a cheap hotel. Th...
Released:
1934
Rated:
NR
Length:
72 mins