# King of Gamblers > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/King_of_Gamblers > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/King_of_Gamblers.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Gamblers > Source revision: 1339455030 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1937 film by Robert Florey King of Gamblers Directed by Robert Florey John E. Burch (assistant) Written by Doris Anderson Cinematography Harry Fischbeck Edited by Harvey Johnston Music by Score: Boris Morros Gerard Carbonara Songs: Ralph Rainger (music) Richard A. Whiting (music) Burton Lane (music) Leo Robin (lyrics) Ralph Freed (lyrics) Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date April 23, 1937 (1937-04-23) Running time 78 minutes Country United States Language English ***King of Gamblers*** is a 1937 American [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Robert Florey](/source/Robert_Florey) and starring [Claire Trevor](/source/Claire_Trevor), [Lloyd Nolan](/source/Lloyd_Nolan) and [Buster Crabbe](/source/Buster_Crabbe). [Akim Tamiroff](/source/Akim_Tamiroff) takes an unusual featured role as a slot-machine racketeer whose bombing of an uncooperative barber shop leads to a murder charge. (The film was also known as *Czar of the Slot Machines*.) By her own account, silent film star [Louise Brooks](/source/Louise_Brooks) played a bit part in the film for Florey, who "specialised in giving jobs to destitute and sufficiently grateful actresses", referring both to herself and to [Evelyn Brent](/source/Evelyn_Brent).[1] Despite the fact her name appears in the studio campaign book, Brooks does not appear in the completed film.[2] ## Cast - [Claire Trevor](/source/Claire_Trevor) as Dixie Moore - [Lloyd Nolan](/source/Lloyd_Nolan) as Jim Adams - [Akim Tamiroff](/source/Akim_Tamiroff) as Steve Kalkas - [Buster Crabbe](/source/Buster_Crabbe) as Eddie - [Helen Burgess](/source/Helen_Burgess) as Jackie Nolan - [Porter Hall](/source/Porter_Hall) as George Kramer - Barlowe Borland as Mr. Parker - [Purnell Pratt](/source/Purnell_Pratt) as Strohm - [Colin Tapley](/source/Colin_Tapley) as Joe - [Paul Fix](/source/Paul_Fix) as Charlie - [Cecil Cunningham](/source/Cecil_Cunningham) as Big Edna - [Fay Holden](/source/Fay_Holden) as Nurse - [Evelyn Brent](/source/Evelyn_Brent) as Cora - [Louise Brooks](/source/Louise_Brooks) as Joyce Beaton (scenes deleted) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Louise Brooks, Stardom and Evelyn Brent", *Toronto Film Society*, January 13, 1975 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["King of Gamblers (filmography page)"](https://www.pandorasbox.com/films-of-louise-brooks/king_of_gamblers/). *Louise Brooks Society*. Retrieved May 16, 2024. ## External links - [*King of Gamblers*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029083/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - *[King of Gamblers](https://www.pandorasbox.com/films-of-louise-brooks/king_of_gamblers/)* (filmography page) at [Louise Brooks Society](/source/Louise_Brooks_Society) v t e Films directed by Robert Florey One Hour of Love (1927) The Romantic Age (1927) Face Value (1927) The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (1928) The Hole in the Wall (1929) The Cocoanuts (1929) The Battle of Paris (1929) Skyscraper Symphony (1929) The Road Is Fine (1930) My Wife's Teacher (1930) Love Songs (1930) Black and White (1931) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) The Man Called Back (1932) Those We Love (1932) Girl Missing (1933) Ex-Lady (1933) The House on 56th Street (1933) Bedside (1934) Registered Nurse (1934) Smarty (1934) I Sell Anything (1934) I Am a Thief (1934) The Woman in Red (1935) The Florentine Dagger (1935) Going Highbrow (1935) Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) Ship Cafe (1935) The Payoff (1935) The Preview Murder Mystery (1936) Till We Meet Again (1936) Hollywood Boulevard (1936) Outcast (1937) King of Gamblers (1937) Mountain Music (1937) This Way Please (1937) Daughter of Shanghai (1937) Dangerous to Know (1938) King of Alcatraz (1938) Disbarred (1939) Hotel Imperial (1939) The Magnificent Fraud (1939) Death of a Champion (1939) Parole Fixer (1940) Women Without Names (1940) The Face Behind the Mask (1941) Meet Boston Blackie (1941) Two in a Taxi (1941) Dangerously They Live (1941) Lady Gangster (1942) The Desert Song (1943) Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) Man from Frisco (1944) God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) Danger Signal (1945) The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) Rogues' Regiment (1948) Outpost in Morocco (1949) The Crooked Way (1949) The Vicious Years (1950) Johnny One-Eye (1950) Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) This 1930s crime film-related article is a stub. 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