King of Gamblers

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.)

King of Gamblers
Directed by	Robert Florey John E. Burch (assistant)
Written by	Doris Anderson
Cinematography	Harry Fischbeck
Edited by	Harvey Johnston
Music by	Score: Boris Morros Gerard Carbonara Songs: Ralph Rainger (music) Richard A. Whiting (music) Burton Lane (music) Leo Robin (lyrics) Ralph Freed (lyrics)
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 23, 1937 (1937-04-23)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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] Despite the fact her name appears in the studio campaign book, Brooks does not appear in the completed film.^[2]

Cast

• Claire Trevor as Dixie Moore
• Lloyd Nolan as Jim Adams
• Akim Tamiroff as Steve Kalkas
• Buster Crabbe as Eddie
• Helen Burgess as Jackie Nolan
• Porter Hall as George Kramer
• Barlowe Borland as Mr. Parker
• Purnell Pratt as Strohm
• Colin Tapley as Joe
• Paul Fix as Charlie
• Cecil Cunningham as Big Edna
• Fay Holden as Nurse
• Evelyn Brent as Cora
• Louise Brooks as Joyce Beaton (scenes deleted)