The Girl and the Gambler
1939 film by Lew Landers
- June 16, 1939 (1939-06-16)[1]
The Girl and the Gambler is a 1939 Western film, from RKO Radio Pictures, starring Tim Holt. It was an early starring Western for Holt, who soon replaced George O'Brien as the studio's main Western star.[2]
The film was based on a play which had been filmed by RKO in 1932 as Girl of the Rio.[3]
It was originally called The Dove.[4]
Plot
Cast
- Tim Holt as Johnny Powell
- Leo Carrillo as El Rayo
- Steffi Duna as Dolores "The Dove" Romero
- Esther Muir as Madge
- Paul Fix as Charlie
- Donald MacBride as Mike Bascom
Reception
The New York Times called it "a dead duck".[5]
See also
- The Dove (1927)
References
- ^ "The Girl and the Gambler: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ The Girl and the Gambler at the TCM Movie Database
- ^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p132
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (May 10, 1939). "R.K.O. Will Release Laurel-Hardy Comedy: Donat Films Named Stevenson Gets Lead Newlywed Series Set Guild Plans Cinema MacMurray Testing". Los Angeles Times. p. 19.
- ^ FRANK S. NUGENT. (June 28, 1939). "THE SCREEN". New York Times. p. 24.
External list
- The Girl and the Gambler at IMDb
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Films directed by Lew Landers
- The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
- The Red Rider (1934)
- Tailspin Tommy (1934)
- Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
- The Call of the Savage (1935)
- The Raven (1935)
- Stormy (1935)
- Parole! (1936)
- Night Waitress (1936)
- You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
- Border Cafe (1937)
- Danger Patrol (1937)
- Flight from Glory (1937)
- The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
- They Wanted to Marry (1937)
- Crashing Hollywood (1938)
- Condemned Women (1938)
- Law of the Underworld (1938)
- Blind Alibi (1938)
- Smashing the Rackets (1938)
- Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
- Double Danger (1938)
- Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
- Bad Lands (1939)
- Fixer Dugan (1939)
- The Girl and the Gambler (1939)
- Conspiracy (1939)
- Enemy Agent (1940)
- Honeymoon Deferred (1940)
- Ski Patrol (1940)
- La Conga Nights (1940)
- Wagons Westward (1940)
- Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940)
- Girl from Havana (1940)
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