Any Number Can Play (1949) - film review

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Any Number Can Play is an American film first released in 1949, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The film is based on a novel by Edward Harris Heth and stars Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Audrey Totter and Frank Morgan. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Script: Richard Brooks, Edward Harris Heth (novel)
Photo: Harold Rosson
Music: Lennie Hayton
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), Lewis Stone (Ben Gavery Snelerr), Barry Sullivan (Tycoon), Marjorie Rambeau (Sarah Calbern), Edgar Buchanan (Ed), Leon Ames (Dr. Palmer), Mickey Knox (Pete Senta), Richard Rober (Lew ’Angie’ Debretti), William Conrad (Frank Sistina), Darryl Hickman (Paul Enley Kyng), Caleb Peterson (Sleigh), Dorothy Comingore (Mrs. Purcell), Art Baker (Mr. Reardon), Murray Alper (Taxi Driver), Jean Andren (Parent), Charles Arnt (Joe Josephs), William Bailey (Casino Patron), Griff Barnett (Police Desk Sergeant), Benny Bartlett (Tommy Smith), Scotty Beckett (Paul Kyng as a Boy, in Photo), Margaret Bert (Parent), Barbara Billingsley (Gambler), Tommy Bond, Marci Booth (Girl in Country Club), George M. Carleton (Mr. Kulik), Ed Cassidy (Undetermined Role), Cliff Clark (Gas Station Attendant), Harry Cody (Blackjack Player), Lucille Curtis (Casino Patron), Jack Daley (Poker Player), Sayre Dearing (Gambler), Daniel De Jonghe (Waiter), Tay Dunn (Undetermined Role), William Edmunds (Men’s Rom Attendant), Almeda Fowler (Parent), Douglas Fowley (Smitty), Ralph Freedman (Dealer), Jack Gargan (Casino Patron), Pat Goldin (Waiter), A. Cameron Grant (Blackjack Player), William Haade (Frank, a Dealer), Mahlon Hamilton (Parent), Eloise Hardt (Flashy Woman), Ralph Hodges (Boy), Fred Hoose (Casino Patron), Marjorie Jackson (Casino Patron), Jimmy Kelly (Poker Player), Donald Kerr (Gambler), Peggy Leon (Casino Patron), Louise Lorimer (Parent), Helen Lynd (Ellen), Mickey McCardle (Casino Patron), Philo McCullough (Undetermined Role), John ’Skins’ Miller (Willie), Frank Mills (Prisoner), Howard M. Mitchell (Elderly Man), Ralph Montgomery (Photographer), Gloria Moore (Girl in Country Club), Roger Moore (Casino Patron), Ottola Nesmith (Undetermined Role), William H. O’Brien (Gambler), William J. O’Brien (Gambler), David Opatoshu (Bartender), Gil Patric (Undetermined Role), George Pembroke (Headwaiter), Frank Pershing (Casino Patron), Eddie Phillips (Poker Player), William ’Bill’ Phillips (Doorman), Tom Quinn (Poker Player), Isabel Randolph (Mrs. Lorgan), Jack Raymond (Prisoner), George Riley (Blackjack Player), Mary Jane Smith (Paul’s Girlfriend), Billy Snyder (Gambler), Arthur Space (Reporter), Henry Sylvester (Undetermined Role), William Tannen (Gambler), Joan Valerie (Undetermined Role), Lillian West (Casino Patron), Joe Whitehead (Cop), Robert Williams (Danny, the Cashier)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 112 min; B&W

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