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The Lady Pays Off

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Plot

The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her debts, casino manager Matt Braddock asks her to take care of his sad little daughter Diana.

Cast

Linda Darnell as Evelyn Walsh Warren
Linda Darnell

as Evelyn Walsh Warren

Stephen McNally as Matt Bradock
Stephen McNally

as Matt Bradock

Gigi Perreau as Diane Braddock
Gigi Perreau

as Diane Braddock

Virginia Field as Kay Stoddard
Virginia Field

as Kay Stoddard

Ann Codee as Marie
Ann Codee

as Marie

Nestor Paiva as Manuel
Nestor Paiva

as Manuel

Katherine Warren as Bessie Howell
Katherine Warren

as Bessie Howell

James Griffith as Ronald
James Griffith

as Ronald

John Doucette as Taxi Driver
John Doucette

as Taxi Driver

Lynne Hunter as Minnie
Lynne Hunter

as Minnie

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • October 4, 1951

Production Companies

  • Universal Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.33 hrs

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Linda Darnell is "Evelyn", the newly awarded "Teacher of the Year" but a woman who isn't actually that mad keen on children (a gal after my own heart). Anyway, after her award luncheon, she and a colleague - who has a "system" - head to a local casino where she manages, very quickly, to end up $7,000 in the hole. Taken to the owner, she has no way of paying back this mammoth sum so "Matt" (Stephe…