Gambling Ship (1938 film)

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Gambling Ship
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Directed by Aubrey Scotto
Screenplay byAlex Gottlieb [1]
Story by
  • George Carleton Brown
  • Emanuel Manheim [1]
Produced by Irving Starr [1]
Starring
Cinematography George Meehan [1]
Edited by Edward Curtiss [1]
Production
companies
Crime Club Productions, Inc. [1]
Distributed by Universal Pictures Co.
Release date
  • December 16, 1938 (1938-12-16)
CountryUnited States [1]

Gambling Ship is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Aubrey Scotto and written by Alex Gottlieb. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Edward Brophy, Irving Pichel, Joe Sawyer and Selmer Jackson. The film was released on December 16, 1938, by Universal Pictures.

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Plot

Gambler helps a debt-ridden orphanage that was started by his late wife.

Cast

Production

Production began on the film in early November 1938. [1] The film was part of the Crime Club mystery series. [1] [2] 11 films were made in the series between 1937 and 1939. [2]

Release

Gambling Ship was distributed by Universal Pictures Company, Inc. on December 16, 1938. [1]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, a reviewer in Variety described the film as a "dawdling cheapie with a light cast which topples to the status of a 'C' programmer." [3]

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Gambling Ship". American Film Institute . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "The Westland Case". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 571.

Sources

  • Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (2007) [1990]. Universal Horrors (2 ed.). McFarland & Company. ISBN   978-0-7864-2974-5.
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