King of Gamblers
1937 film by Robert Florey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King of Gamblers is a 1937 American crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring Claire Trevor, Lloyd Nolan and Buster Crabbe. Akim Tamiroff takes an unusual featured role as a slot-machine racketeer whose bombing of an uncooperative barber shop leads to a murder charge. (The film was also known as Czar of the Slot Machines.)
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Directed by | Robert Florey John E. Burch (assistant) |
Written by | Doris Anderson |
Cinematography | Harry Fischbeck |
Edited by | Harvey Johnston |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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By her own account, silent film star Louise Brooks played a bit part in the film for Florey, who "specialised in giving jobs to destitute and sufficiently grateful actresses", referring both to herself and to Evelyn Brent.[1] However, Brooks does not appear in the completed film.