Two-Dollar Bettor
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edward L. Cahn
Screenplay by	William Raynor (as Bill Raynor)
Produced by	Edward L. Cahn
Starring	Steve Brodie Marie Windsor John Litel
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Sherman A. Rose (Sherman Rose)
Music by	Irving Gertz
Production company	Jack Broder Productions Inc.
Distributed by	Realart Pictures
Release date	September 9, 1951 (1951-09-09)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Two Dollar Bettor is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Steve Brodie, Marie Windsor and John Litel.

Plot

A middle-aged man places a two-dollar bet on a horse at the track and wins. The widower with two teenaged daughters becomes hooked on gambling and within a week he begins cashing in his life savings to pay off his bookie. To make matters worse, he's being grifted for thousands of dollars by a beautiful con woman and her husband. To try to get even, the man begins betting on long shots.

Cast

• Steve Brodie as Rick Bowers, alias Rick Slate
• Marie Windsor as Mary Slate
• John Litel as John Hewitt
• Barbara Logan as Nancy Hewitt
• Robert Sherwood as Phillip Adams
• Barbara Bestar as Diane 'Dee' Hewitt
• Walter Kingsford as Carleton P. Adams
• Don Shelton as George Irwin
• Kay Lavelle as Grandma Sarah Irwin (as Kay La Lavelle)
• Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer as Chuck Nordillnger (as Carl Switzer)
• Isabel Randolph as Margaret Adams
• Ralph Reed as Teddy Cosgrove Phelps
• Barbara Billingsley as Miss Pierson (as Barbara Billinley)
• Ralph Hodges as Chester Mitchell
• Madelon Baker as Grace Shepard (as Madelon Mitchell)