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The Lady Pays Off

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

7.5(4)19511h 20m1

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.

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Released
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Language
English
  • daughter
  • time magazine

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Director

Douglas Sirk

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical4 Oct 1951

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The Lady Pays Off was released on 4 October 1951.

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    CinemaSerf

    9/7/2022

    6/10

    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 McNally) presents h…

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