

LOVE WAS A GAMBLE SHE COULDN'T AFFORD TO LOSE.
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Miriam Hopkins
Mary 'Swan' Rutledge

Edward G. Robinson
Luis Chamalis

Joel McCrea
Jim Carmichael

Walter Brennan
Old Atrocity

Frank Craven
Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb

Brian Donlevy
Knuckles Jacoby

Clyde Cook
Oakie

Harry Carey
Jed Slocum

Matt McHugh
Broncho

Donald Meek
Sawbuck McTavish

Rollo Lloyd
Wigham
Roger Gray
Sandy Ferguson

David Niven
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)

J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Harper

Wong Chung
Ah Wing

Jim Thorpe
Janitor (uncredited)
Crew
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Details
Release Date
1935-10-13
Runtime
91 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
United Artists
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Romance
Western
Drama