Gambler's Choice

Gambler's Choice (1944)

A Thunder bolt of thrills...with life betting on the turn of a card!

Professional gambler Ross Hadley owns a posh gaming establishment in the heart of 1910 New York. Hadley's main opponent is his childhood friend Mike McGlennon, who is determined to end his gambling activities.

Date of release
1944-04-27
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 5m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Frank McDonald

Casting

Interesting facts

Gambler's Choice is a 1944 film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Chester Morris and Nancy Kelly.

Production

In 1942, MGM remade Manhattan Melodrama, a film about two boyhood friends who grow up on opposite sides of the law. It was titled Gambler's Choice, then Northwest Rangers. This movie has a similar storyline, with two boyhood friends growing up on opposite sites of the law.

In June 1943 Pine-Thomas signed a new contract with Paramount which included three musicals, and two bigger-budgeted pictures, plus three wartime movies which would co-star Chester Morris and Russell Hayden as a team (replacing Morris and Richard Arlen). Hayden had just left Columbia Pictures.

In September 1943 Pine Thomas bought a story by James Edward Grant and Howard called "Tenderloin" as a vehicle for Chester Morris. (They also bought Hell's Afloat for Morris which was never made.) Russell Hayden and Nancy Kelly were cast in November 1943 when the film's title was changed to Gambler's Choice.

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