Gambling Ship

A mediocre melodrama with added interest because of Grant's charming presence, GAMBLING SHIP has Grant as a big-time gambler, on board a trans-continental train, pretending to be a successful businessman. He meets Hume (later Ronald Colman's real-life wife), who appears to be a wealthy socialite but isn't. Hume is really mistress to Vinton, owner of a failing gambling ship. She convinces Grant to buy the boat after he learns that a gambling rival, vicious La Rue, owns another boat servicing the same high rollers. Grant's only desire is to ruin La Rue's business and even an old score. La Rue will have none of it, and he and his goons board Grant's ship, set it on fi...