1931

1h 5m

6.0(7 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

9 members

Acting

William Boyd

Alan Beckwith

Acting

Dorothy Sebastian

Beverly Ames Beckwith

Acting

Warner Oland

Andrew North

Acting

James Gleason

Fred 'Squint' Dugan

Acting

Geneva Mitchell

Trixie, North's Companion

Acting

Zasu Pitts

Nora Dugan

Acting

June MacCloy

Mae Robbins

Acting

William Collier Jr.

Johnnie Ames

Acting

Ralph Ince

Webb

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