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The Lady Gambles

  • 1949
  • Approved
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.1K
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Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Gambles (1949)
Film NoirDrama

A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.

  • Director
    • Michael Gordon
  • Writers
    • Roy Huggins
    • Halsted Welles
    • Lewis Meltzer
  • Stars
    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Robert Preston
    • Stephen McNally
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Gordon
    • Writers
      • Roy Huggins
      • Halsted Welles
      • Lewis Meltzer
    • Stars
      • Barbara Stanwyck
      • Robert Preston
      • Stephen McNally
    • 27User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

    Top cast93

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    Barbara Stanwyck
    Barbara Stanwyck
    • Joan Boothe
    Robert Preston
    Robert Preston
    • David Boothe
    Stephen McNally
    Stephen McNally
    • Horace Corrigan
    Edith Barrett
    Edith Barrett
    • Ruth Phillips
    John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    • Dr. Rojac
    Elliott Sullivan
    • Barky
    John Harmon
    • Frenchy
    Philip Van Zandt
    Philip Van Zandt
    • Chuck
    • (as Phil Van Zandt)
    Leif Erickson
    Leif Erickson
    • Tony
    Curt Conway
    Curt Conway
    • Bank Clerk
    Houseley Stevenson
    Houseley Stevenson
    • Pawnbroker
    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Mr. Dennis Sutherland
    Nana Bryant
    Nana Bryant
    • Mrs. Dennis Sutherland
    Tony Curtis
    Tony Curtis
    • Bellboy
    • (as Anthony Curtis)
    Peter Leeds
    Peter Leeds
    • Jack Harrison - Hotel Clerk
    • (as Peter Lewis)
    Frank Moran
    Frank Moran
    • Murphy
    Esther Howard
    Esther Howard
    • Gross Lady
    John Indrisano
    John Indrisano
    • Bert
    • Director
      • Michael Gordon
    • Writers
      • Roy Huggins
      • Halsted Welles
      • Lewis Meltzer
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    User reviews27

    Featured review

    Barbara Stanwyck was very versatile

    It is very evident that Barbara Stanwyck was able to adapt to any sort of role or character in each of her pictures. In this one, she plays a businessman's wife who becomes addicted to gambling after a trip to Las Vegas. This isn't a bad character study, and probably one of the earliest ones dealing with this sort of obsession. It is also interesting to see how the Vegas strip looked in over 50 years ago. A young, unknown Tony Curtis has a cameo as a bell boy.
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    • Aug 12, 2001
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    • Trivia
      The scene where Corrigan (Steven McNally) tells the girls "No-one uses my first name....because it's Horace" could well have been an in-joke as Stephen McNally's birth name was Horace Vincent McNally.
    • Goofs
      Reflected in the bus window that Joan is on.
    • Quotes

      Joan Phillips Boothe: May I come in?

      Barky: Ask a foolish question, and you get a foolish answer.

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    • Release date
      • July 8, 1949 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Gambling Lady
    • Filming locations
      • Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Border, USA(Second unit)
    • Production company
      • Universal International Pictures (UI)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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