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The Lady Gambles

Play trailer Poster for The Lady Gambles 1949,  1h 39m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Reporter David Boothe (Robert Preston) is in Las Vegas covering a story. His wife, Joan (Barbara Stanwyck), looking for a story of her own, snoops around their hotel's casino with a concealed camera. The casino owner, Horace Corrigan (Stephen McNally), catches her, but, seeing that she is not a hustler, decides to provide her with some free chips so she can sample the casino's various games. She accepts, only to find gambling so engrossing that it might consume and destroy her life.
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Noah Berlatsky Splice Today Sep 17, 2026
Her passionate, indisputably sexual excitement at the table is so much more charged than the rest of her performance that a viewer has to wonder if the pain is worth the pleasure. Go to Full Review
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Michael Gordon

Director

Barbara Stanwyck

Joan Boothe

Robert Preston

David Boothe

Stephen McNally

Horace Corrigan

Edith Barrett

Ruth Phillips

John Hoyt

Dr. Rojac

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The Lady Gambles

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Synopsis Reporter David Boothe (Robert Preston) is in Las Vegas covering a story. His wife, Joan (Barbara Stanwyck), looking for a story of her own, snoops around their hotel's casino with a concealed camera. The casino owner, Horace Corrigan (Stephen McNally), catches her, but, seeing that she is not a hustler, decides to provide her with some free chips so she can sample the casino's various games. She accepts, only to find gambling so engrossing that it might consume and destroy her life.
Director
Michael Gordon
Producer
Michael Kraike
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 13, 2017
Runtime
1h 39m
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