Charles Laughton plays a middle-aged sandwich clerk who tries to get a quick fortune by “borrowing” money from the cash register to bet on a long-shot horse race. Of course, the horse loses. His strange conception of the definition and boundaries of honesty, developed in a curious childhood, adds a psychological twist to the story.
The story is written by Robert L. Richards. It is not a remarkable story in any aspect, but it is entertaining. Laughton is always good as a befuddled man caught in a nebulous situation where taking the right course of action seems too difficult to do.
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THE CAST
CHARLES LAUGHTON (Freddie McWilliams), Betty Lou Gerson (Dora), Norman Field (Kelsey / Police Sergeant), Buddy Gray (Tom Bass), Eleanor Audley (Freddie’s Mother), Paul Frees (Signature Voice)
COMMERCIAL: Bill Johnstone (Hap), Gil Stratton, Jr. (Billy), Ann Morrison (Mary), Sylvia Simms (Operator), Frank Martin (Announcer)
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