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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the one-year suicide clause has elapsed.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 59GoodWatch 60
IMDb5.9
Running time
1 h 5 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 thrillers, −39 min on the typical 104
typical 10465Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Released
1931
September 4, 1931
95 years ago
Genres
ThrillerCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 6 moreDirecting · 1
- Fred Niblo Director
Writing · 3
- F. McGrew Willis Screenplay
- Walter DeLeon Screenplay
- Octavus Roy Cohen Novel
Production · 2
- Charles R. Rogers Producer
- Harry Joe Brown Associate Producer
Camera · 2
- Hal Mohr Director of Photography
- Adolph L. Schafer Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Joseph Kane Editor
Sound · 3
- Arthur Lange Music Director
- Charles O'Loughlin Sound Engineer
- T.A. Carman Sound Engineer
Art · 1
- Carroll Clark Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Gwen Wakeling Costume Design
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