His Greatest Gamble

1934
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1h 11m

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Richard Dix and Dorothy Wilson in His Greatest Gamble (1934)

A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.

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6.1/10

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Richard Dix

Phillip Eden

Dorothy Wilson

Alice Stebbins

Bruce Cabot

Stephen

Erin O'Brien-Moore

Florence Stebbins

Leonard Carey

Alfred

Shirley Grey

Bernice Solon

Edith Fellows

Alice - as a Child

Eily Malyon

Jenny

Jack Chefe

Gambling Casino Patron
(uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Italian Croupier
(uncredited)

Frank Darien

Dinner Guest
(uncredited)

Sam Harris

Gambling Casino Patron
(uncredited)

Samuel S. Hinds

Dr. Owen
(uncredited)

Mary MacLaren

Dinner Guest
(uncredited)

Jean Perry

Detective
(uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

Innkeeper
(uncredited)

Jed Prouty

Roulette Player
(uncredited)

Jack Rice

Gambling Casino Patron
(uncredited)

Director
- John S. Robertson
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5/10

I like the start

In Nice, Phillip Eden (Richard Dix) is a gambler. Bernice Solon is a party girl. Together, they have a girl named Alice. Bernice doesn't want the girl. Phillip bounds Bernice and takes her. However, Bernice is accidentally killed in a gas leak. Phillip is imprisoned for murder. Alice Stebbins (Dorothy Wilson) grows up to be a miserable socialite and believing that she had been abandoned by her father.

At the start, I thought that this could be a fun Paper Moon situation. The story gets more convoluted over time. The plot is bending over backwards to get to a certain situation. The tension is lost. A new actress plays Alice and I don't really care. I wish this was Paper Moon. It is not.

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Trivia
This film has been been preserved by the Library of Congress.

Goofs
When Jenny visits Phillip in prison, she sits down and a moving shadow of the boom microphone is visible on the wall above her head, upper left of the frame.