Inside straight (1951)
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Director Gerry Mayer, nephew of MGM-head Louis B. Mayer, proved that nepotism had nothing to do with his hiring by turning out the first-rate historical melodrama Inside Straight. The film begins in 1870 San Francisco, as the city is threatened with financial disaster due to overspeculation on the… More Director Gerry Mayer, nephew of MGM-head Louis B. Mayer, proved that nepotism had nothing to do with his hiring by turning out the first-rate historical melodrama Inside Straight. The film begins in 1870 San Francisco, as the city is threatened with financial disaster due to overspeculation on the Comstock Lode. David Brian stars as local tycoon Rip MacCool, who in a series of flashbacks recalls his rise to prominence. While wheeling and dealing with other people's money, MacCool loves and loses two wives: Lily Douvane (Arlene Dahl) takes him for every penny he's got, while Zoe Carnot (Paula Raymond) dies in childbirth. Back in the present, MacCool is forced to make a fateful decision that will, for once, benefit someone else rather than himself. In a supporting role as town banker Ada Stritch, Mercedes McCambridge figures prominently in the final sequence, in which everything hinges on the titular poker hand. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gerald Mayer
- Genres
- Western, Drama, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 15, 1951 Wide
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Cast
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David Brian
as Rip MacCool
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Arlene Dahl
as Lily Douvane
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Barry Sullivan
as Johnny Sanderson
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Mercedes McCambridge
as Ada Stritch
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Paula Raymond
as Zoe Carnot
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Claude Jarman Jr.
as Rip MacCool Age 16
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Lon Chaney Jr
as Shocker
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Monica Lewis
as Cafe Singer
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John Hoyt
as Flutey Johnson
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Roland Winters
as Alexander Tomson
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Barbara Billingsley
as Miss Meadson
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Richard Hale
as Undertaker
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Hayden Rorke
as Carlson
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Jerry Hartleben
as John MacCool Age 3
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Lou Nova
as Connegan
