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Director Mervyn LeRoy Music director Lennie Hayton Duration Language English | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Screenplay Richard Brooks Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date July 15, 1949 (1949-07-15) Writer Edward Harris Heth (novel), Richard Brooks Cast Clark Gable (Charley Enley Kyng), Alexis Smith (Lon Kyng), Wendell Corey (Robbin Elcott), Audrey Totter (Alice Elcott), Frank Morgan (Jim Kurstyn), Mary Astor (Ada)Similar movies Mississippi Grind , Wild Card , Runner Runner , Croupier , Dr. No , The Gambler Tagline The most exciting picture in years! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Any Number Can Play is a 1949 drama film starring Clark Gable and Alexis Smith. It is based on the novel of the same name by Edward Harris Heth.
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- Release
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Plot
Casino owner Charley Enley Kyng (Clark Gable) is advised by his physician to slow down, after being diagnosed with a heart disease. Charley supports his own family as well as his wife's sister, Alice (Audrey Totter) and her husband, Robbin (Wendell Corey). Charley quits drinking and smoking and vows to spend more time with his wife and son.
Brother-in-law Robbin, a dealer at Charley's casino, can't pay a $2,000 gambling debt he owes to a gangster, who sends his goons Lew Debretti (Richard Rober) and Frank Sistina (William Conrad) after him. The dealer uses loaded dice to let them win at craps. Charley's son Paul (Darryl Hickman) expresses shame about his father's line of work to his mother, Lon (Alexis Smith). Charley tries to take his son on a fishing trip in the mountains, but the boy refuses. A dissatisfied couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lorgan, claim they've lost their entire savings at his casino and demand their money back. Charley doesn't agree, and Lon feels bad about the way they make their living.
Charley is depressed by the breakdown of his personal life, but still rejects a proposition from a woman working at the casino, Ada (Mary Astor). Paul gets into a brawl at the prom because of his father's business and is arrested. Charley gets his son out of jail, but Paul won't speak with him.
Paul follows his mother in the evening to the casino. A big-time gambler named Jim Kurstyn (Frank Morgan) is about to win enough to bankrupt the whole casino. Ethically committed to fairness, Charley refuses to shut the game down and lets the man bet as much as he wants. As the game ends, the gangster's goons try to rob the place. With the help of his son and supportive regulars, Charley manages to overpower the goons. Father and son reconcile and the family's happiness is restored. Charley then wagers against his casino staff for the entire casino operation. They draw cards; Charley loses by concealing his winning card. Charley, Lon and Paul walk happily away arm in arm.
Release
According to MGM records the film earned $2,466,000 in the US and Canada and $739,000 overseas resulting in a profit of $763,000.
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