Hazard

Hazard

8.0IMDb Score
Released:1948-05-28
Duration:95 min
Director:George Marshall
Actors:Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred Clark, Stanley Clements, Frank Faylen
Production:Paramount Pictures

Overview:

A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before he can collect, she skips town, with a private detective hot on her trail.

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