{{short description|1931 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Men of Chance | image = File:Men of Chance.jpg | alt = Exposed | caption = | director = George Archainbaud<br>Tommy Atkins (assistant) | producer = William LeBaron | writer = Louis Weitzenkorn | based_on = | screenplay = Louis Stevens<br>Eddie Welch | narrator = | starring = Ricardo Cortez<br>Mary Astor<br>John Halliday | music = Max Steiner | cinematography = Nicholas Musuraca | editing = Archie Marshek | studio = RKO Radio Pictures | distributor = RKO Radio Pictures | released = {{Film date|1931|12||New York<ref name=AFI/>}} | runtime = 67 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}
'''''Men of Chance''''' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Archainbaud, starring Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor, and John Halliday.<ref name=AFI>{{cite web|title=Men of Chance|url= https://catalog.afi.com/Film/4953-MEN-OFCHANCE|website=AFI|publisher=afi.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Men of Chance (1932)|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1805/men-of-chance#articles-reviews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117010700/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1805/Men-of-Chance/#articles-reviews|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 17, 2012|website=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>
==Plot== A destitute Marthe Preston is in dire straits in Paris until gambler Richard Dorval comes to her aid. In gratitude, she agrees to a scheme of Dorval's to seduce and wed his rival, "Diamond Johnny" Silk, then help ruin Johnny's horse-racing business interests. Marthe's inside information enables Dorval and an accomplice, bookie Joe Farley, to bribe Johnny's jockeys to deliberately lose races or to help them influence the odds. Johnny learns the truth and demands she leave. Martha has fallen in love with her husband, however, so she pretends to go along with a plot to poison Johnny's horse, double-crossing Dorval and rejoicing in Johnny's triumph.
==Cast== * Ricardo Cortez as Johnny Silk * Mary Astor as Marthe Preston Silk * John Halliday as Richard Dorval * Ralph Ince as Joe Farley * Kitty Kelly as Gertie Robbins * James Donlan as Clark * George Davis as The Frenchman
'''Uncredited''': * Herman Bing as Fritz Tannenbaum * André Cheron as French Detective * Jean De Briac as Hotel Manager * Tom Herbert as One of Johnny's Bookies * John Larkin as Black Horse Handler * Tom McGuire as Race Track Bookie * Frank Mills as Tony - One of Johnny's Bookies
==See also== * List of films about horses * List of films about horse racing
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0023209}} * {{tcmdb title|1805}} * {{AFI film|4953}}
{{George Archainbaud}}
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Category:1931 films Category:1931 drama films Category:1931 American films Category:1931 English-language films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American drama films Category:American films about gambling Category:American horse racing films Category:Films directed by George Archainbaud Category:English-language drama films
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