Aces and Eights (1936)
Director: Sam Newfield
Actors: Tim McCoy, Luana Walters, Rex Lease, Joseph W. Gerard, Wheeler Oakman, J. Frank Glendon, Charles Stevens, Earle Hodgins, Jimmy Aubrey
Runtime: 62 min.
Gentlemen gambler Tom Madigan (Tim McCoy) helps rancher Don Hernandez (Joseph W. Gerard) and his daughter (Luana Walters) save their ranch from a pair of gamblers and swindlers.
Trivia: Actor Tim McCoy was a sharpshooter and he was renowned as the fastest draw in Hollywood. He was a decorated WWI and WWII veteran and at 28years old, he was reputed to be the youngest Brigadier General in the history of the US Army. Aces and Eights is often referred to as the "Dead Man's Hand"; the John Ford westerns Stagecoach and The Man who Shot Liberty Valance used the poker hand "aces and eights" to foreshadow the death of the men who held the cards.
