King of Gamblers

King of Gamblers is a 1937 American low-budget gangster film directed by Robert Florey. Akim Tamiroff takes an unusual featured role as a slot-machine racketeer whose bombing of an uncooperative barber shop leads to a murder charge. (The film was also known as Czar of the Slot Machines.)

King of Gamblers
Directed byRobert Florey
John E. Burch (assistant)
Written byDoris Anderson
CinematographyHarry Fischbeck
Edited byHarvey Johnston
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 23, 1937 (1937-04-23)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

By her own account, silent film star Louise Brooks played a bit part in the film for Florey, who "specialised in giving jobs to destitute and sufficiently grateful actresses", referring both to herself and to Evelyn Brent.[1] However, Brooks does not appear in the completed film.

Cast

References

  1. "Louise Brooks, Stardom and Evelyn Brent", Toronto Film Society, January 13, 1975
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