THE BASKETBALL FIX-1951-Alone in a bar,
reporter Peter Ferreday (John Ireland) remembers how he helped high
school basketball player Johnny Long (Marshall Thompson) get a
scholarship with the help of coach Becker (Walter Sande). Mike Taft
(William Bishop)), a sleazy bookmaker involves Johnny in a shaving
points scheme. Johnny is in a money crunch taking care of his little
brother and wants to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend Pat
(Vanessa Brown) (“Can you put glory in the bank?”). He gets in
too deep, gets beat up and ruins his whole life. Nobody's learn a
thing since....
This low budget film noirish quickie that's very
serious and doesn't have a happy ending was directed by Felix E. Feist
who a few years later made DONOVAN'S BRAIN and later moved to TV. A
year earlier lead actress Vanessa Brown had played Jane to Lex
Barker's Tarzan in TARZAN AND THE SLAVE GIRL.
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