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Steve Flood ultimately convinces Gagouts to forgive all of their gambling debts by arguing that only by marrying his mistress Saturday can he avoid the risk of incriminating testimony. In one stroke, this fulfills Saturday's long-sought goal, saves the Floods' marriage, insulates Gagouts from future
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The source of the mysterious "bookmaking" is traced to the Floods' apartment by Gagouts through an illegal telephone wiretap. He and a team of thugs descend on the apartment, where they are surprised to find all the defecting gamblers assembled. They are thunderstruck when a coercive interrogation
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The plan is for Steve to lose enough money to permanently rid him of the betting habit, but it goes awry when he suddenly begins winning bets on a few long-shot horses. Flood's winning streak attracts the attention of two horse-playing judges, Boatwright and Fogel, who persuade Flood to place bets
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The gambling habit of lawyer Steve Flood is beginning to get on the nerves of his wife Melanie, who initially suspects him of marital infidelity. When she learns about the gambling, Melanie talks Steve's law partner Clint Morgan, an old flame, into helping her act as a fictitious horse-race bookie
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named Saturday Knight, happens to be the Floods' next-door neighbor, and assists Melanie in raising cash for the gambling payoffs by purchasing various furnishings from the Floods' apartment (using Gagouts's ill-gotten money).
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The make-believe bookmaking activity arouses the ire of syndicate mobster Tony Gagouts, who is furious and wants to know who is "getting the action". Gagouts's mistress, a
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for them with his mysterious "bookie". Melanie and Morgan are astounded when the judges begin winning large wagers as well.
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Many of the scenes were filmed on-location in and outside of the luxurious penthouse apartments in the historic
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reveals that Melanie Flood is the "bookie" who they have been seeking.
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prosecution and clears Melanie's $ 18,000 gambling payoff burden.
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Daniel Mann
Jack Rose
Dean Martin
Lana Turner
Eddie Albert
Walter Matthau
Paul Ford
Nita Talbot
Joseph Ruttenberg
George Duning
Paramount Pictures
rentals
comedy film
Daniel Mann
Jack Rose
Dean Martin
Lana Turner
Eddie Albert
Walter Matthau
Paul Ford
Nita Talbot
nightclub singer
Dean Martin
Lana Turner
Eddie Albert
Walter Matthau
Paul Ford
Nita Talbot
John McGiver

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