Zeus

It's A Bet (1935)

• Director
  • Alexander Esway
• Writers
  • Marcus McGill(novel "Hide And I'll Find You")
  • Frank Miller(uncredited)
  • L. du Garde Peach(adaptation)
• Stars
  • Gene Gerrard
  • Helen Chandler
  • Judy Kelly

  In this drama, a reporter loses his job after he writes a story criticizing the police department for their inefficiency in locating missing people. He then takes a wager from a rival reporter who claims that he cannot stay in hiding for a month. If he wins, he will have a new job at a rival paper. If he loses, he must give up a sweepstakes ticket. En route to his hiding place, his car is hijacked and used in a robbery. As a result his picture is put in every newspaper. He begins drifting about and even works in a carnival for a while. He finally meets a lovely girl who helps him win the bet and get a newspaper job. His sweepstakes ticket wins him $150,000. Later he marries the girl.