12 Aug 2024
PUNTER
Young Brett must navigate the underbelly of the Johannesburg gambling world as a seemingly harmless horse-racing bet jeopardizes the surprise he's prepared for his father's birthday.
Sucker List
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of what little they have.
Top Billed Cast
Lynne Carver Mary Allen
Noel Madison Mr. Brown
John Archer William Allen
George Cleveland Old Man
Hugh Beaumont Charles Adams (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford Secretary (uncredited)
John Butler Gus (uncredited)
John Hamilton James Sawyer (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis Jake (uncredited)
May McAvoy Secretary (uncredited)
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