CS #172 GAMBLING SHIP-CARY GRANT

CS #172 GAMBLING SHIP-CARY GRANT

Ace Corbin (Cary Grant) a charming Chicago gangster (replete with gray at the temples and a streak in his wavy dark hair) is acquitted of murder charges. Ace was framed by Pete Manning (Jack La Rue).

Ace decides to retire from the racket as a gambling boss, reform, and begin a new life in California. But his enemies attempt to stop him. On the train, he falls in love with femme fatale Eleanor La Velle (Benita Hume) a gambler's girlfriend. They both conceal their true identities and have adopted aliases. In Southern California, Eleanor discovers that her lover, Joe Burke owner of the Casino Del Mar steamer, which operates legally outside the three-mile limit from the harbor is in debt for $9,000. Because Pete Manning's thugs are ruining his business.