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The Big Gamble Synopsis

To escape gambling debt, Alan agrees to let mobster North insure his life for $100k and commit suicide after a year. Forced to marry Beverly, watched by hitman Squint, Alan falls in love and wants to live.

The Marriage Ring Synopsis

Anne Mertons (Enid Bennett) is the unhappy wife of Hugo Mertons (Robert McKim), an unscrupulous brute. When the two struggle over a gun, Hugo is shot. Thinking he's dead, Anne flees to Hawaii, where she falls in love with Rodney Heathe (Jack Holt), who owns a sugar plantation. Hugo re-enters the picture and forces Anne to live as his prisoner in a hut. She overhears his plan to burn a sugar plantation. She is able to escape and saves the plantation, while Hugo is burned to death. Anne is now free to marry Rodney.