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The Big Gamble is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Fred Niblo released in USA on 4 september 1931 with William Boyd
The Big Gamble (1931)
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Add to a movie listThe Big Gamble is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Fred Niblo and written by Walter DeLeon and F. McGrew Willis. The film stars William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian, Warner Oland and James Gleason. The film was released on September 4, 1931 by RKO Pictures.
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This script must be run from the command lineActors
William Boyd
(Alan Beckwith)
Dorothy Sebastian
(Beverly Ames Beckwith)
Warner Oland
(Andrew North)
James Gleason
(Fred 'Squint' Dugan)
Geneva Mitchell
(Trixie, North's Companion)
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