Smart money [videorecording] / [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures and the Vitaphone Corp. ; screen story & dialogue by Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson ; directed by Alfred E. Green.
Title from container. Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp. Originally released as a motion picture in 1931. Special features: Commentary by film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini; Warner Night at the Movies 1931 short subject gallery: vintage newsreel; musical short "George Jessel and his Russian Art Choir;" musical short "The smart set-up;" classic cartoon "Big man from the north;" trailer of 1931's "Other men's women."
Summary:
Nick Venizelos is an immigrant Greek barber who has an uncommon affinity for poker and other sorts of wagering. A group of his friends bankroll him in a big game. But, Nick's weakness is for pretty blondes. Sleazy game operator Sleepy Sam takes advantage of Nick's weakness and cleans him out in a rigged game. Nick finds help from his buddy Jack and the two turn the tables on the grifters.
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