The Lady Gambles american boy Whalen spent four years interviewing

Whalen spent four years interviewing and spending time with these dedicated pop culture archaeologists

impossible coincidences and unsettling encounters

When the power comes back on Martha lies about the incident

the shabby repertory company seems to specialize in mysteries as members of the troupe shuffle off this mortal coil in alarmingly rapid succession

Keep an eye out for a young Robert Mitchum in one of his earliest roles as the swaggering 'Pig-Iron' Matthews

The Lady Gambles american boy Whalen spent four years interviewingBarbara Stanwyck stars as a once respectable and vibrant wife who has become a desperately out of control high roller in The Lady Gambles. A chance visit into a Las Vegas casino introduces Joan Booth (Stanwyck) to the seductive allure of poker and the craps table. All too soon, she ignores her devoted husband (Robert Preston) and older sister (Edith Barrett) as she compulsively chases after hard hearted Lady Luck.