Any Number Can Play
Any Number Can Play is a 1949 drama film starring Clark Gable and Alexis Smith. It is based on the novel of the same name by Edward Harris Heth.
Brotherinlaw Robbin, a dealer at Charleys casino, cant pay a 2,000 gambling debt he owes to a gangster, who sends his goons Lew Debretti Richard Rober and Frank Sistina William Conrad after him. The dealer uses loaded dice to let them win at craps. Charleys son Paul Darryl Hickman expresses shame about his fathers line of work to his mother, Lon Alexis Smith. Charley tries to take his son on a fishing trip in the mountains, but the boy refuses. A dissatisfied couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lorgan, claim theyve lost their entire savings at his casino and demand their money back. Charley doesnt agree, and Lon feels bad about the way they make their living.Charley is depressed by the breakdown of his personal life, but still rejects a proposition from a woman working at the casino, Ada Mary Astor. Paul gets into a brawl at the prom because of his fathers business and is arrested. Charley gets his son out of jail, but Paul wont speak with him. ........
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