"Don't be a sucker!"

1951

1h 12m

5.4(13 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.

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15 members

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Steve Brodie

Rick Bowers - aka Rick Slate

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Marie Windsor

Mary Slate

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John Litel

John Hewitt

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Barbara Logan

Nancy Hewitt

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Robert Sherwood

Phillip Adams

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Barbara Bestar

Diane 'Dee' Hewitt

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Walter Kingsford

Carleton P. Adams

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Don Shelton

George Irwin

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Kay Lavelle

Grandma Sarah Irwin

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Carl Switzer

Chuck Nordlinger

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Isabel Randolph

Margaret Adams

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Ralph Reed

Teddy Cosgrove Phelps

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Barbara Billingsley

Miss Pierson

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Ralph Hodges

Chester Mitchell

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Madelon Mitchell

Grace Shepard

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