The Lady Pays Off

“The Most Beautiful I.O.U. a Gambler Ever Collected...”

7.5(4)19511h 20m

ComedyRomance

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.

Director

Douglas Sirk

Cast

Linda Darnell

Evelyn Walsh Warren

Stephen McNally

Matt Bradock

Gigi Perreau

Diane Braddock

Virginia Field

Kay Stoddard

Ann Codee

Marie

Nestor Paiva

Manuel

Katherine Warren

Bessie Howell

James Griffith

Ronald

John Doucette

Taxi Driver

Lynne Hunter

Minnie

Billy Wayne

Croupier

William Newell

Bartender (as Billy Newell)

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Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

6.0

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" (Stephen...