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Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
Theatrical
Oct 2, 1940
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 20, 2002
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Columbia Pictures
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Quotes
See all →A Statement on Simplicity and Ease
Bill O'Brien
That wouldn't be hard.
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Defiance in a Tense Exchange
Nina Barone
Please beat it! I'm no gun moll!
Bill O'Brien
You ain't no buzzard's dish either - not when I'm around!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →D
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Bill O'Brien
R
Rita Hayworth
Nina Barona
T
Thomas Mitchell
Gene Gibbons
J
John Qualen
Charles Engle
G
George Watts
Joseph Hopper
R
Ralph Theodore
Dutch Enright
E
Eddie Foster
Louie Artino
J
Jack Roper
Eddie Burns
C
Constance Worth
Sylvia Marbe
H
Harry Antrim
Court Clerk (uncredited)
W
Walter Baldwin
Rennick (uncredited)
R
Richard Bond
Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)
J
Jack Carr
Tony (uncredited)
J
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
F
Frank Conlan
Joe (uncredited)
J
Jimmy Conlin
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
C
Catherine Courtney
Miss Karpin (uncredited)
C
Carmen D'Antonio
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
T
Tommy Dixon
Checkroom Boy (uncredited)
E
Edward Earle
Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)
