Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.
Edward G. Robinson
as Jim 'Buck' Turner
Genevieve Tobin
as Marge Mayhew Turner
Glenda Farrell
as Valerie 'Val' Wilson
Robert Barrat
as Tex Willis
Hobart Cavanaugh
as George Mayhew
Gordon Westcott
as Joe
Sidney Toler
as John Bright
War Cry
as Dark Hazard, a Greyhound Dog
Henry B. Walthall
as Schultz
George Meeker
as Pres Barrow
Emma Dunn
as Mrs. Mayhew
Willard Robertson
as Bill 'Billy' Fallen
