The Lady Pays Off (1951)
The Most Beautiful I.O.U. a Gambler Ever Collected...
The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her debts, casino manager Matt Braddock asks her to take care of his sad little daughter Diana.
- Date of release
- 1951-10-04
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Douglas Sirk
Casting
- Linda Darnell — Evelyn Walsh Warren
- Stephen McNally — Matt Bradock
- Gigi Perreau — Diane Braddock
- Virginia Field — Kay Stoddard
- Ann Codee — Marie
- Nestor Paiva — Manuel
- Katherine Warren — Bessie Howell
- James Griffith — Ronald
- John Doucette — Taxi Driver
- Lynne Hunter — Minnie
- Billy Wayne — Croupier
- William Newell — Bartender (as Billy Newell)
Interesting facts
The Lady Pays Off is a 1951 American romantic comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally and Gigi Perreau. The plot concerns a teacher with a large gambling debt that she must pay in an unusual manner.
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