A pretty young socialite falls for a charming but shady hustler who abandons her when he finds that she has been disowned by her wealthy father. Three of the hustler's partners, who have also been left high and dry by their former associate, come up with a plan to get her to the annual Yale-Harvard football game to reunite with her former sweetheart, an honest but nerdy bookworm.
Is it worth the watch? If you like old-school snappy dialogue and don't mind a movie that barely holds together for 65 minutes, you might have a good time with Hold 'Em Yale. It’s definitely for fans of those 1930s character actors who talk out of the side of their mouths. If you need tight plotting or a logical reason...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Sidney Lanfield
Richard Smith
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"Is it worth the watch? If you like old-school snappy dialogue and don't mind a movie that barely holds together for 65 minutes, you might have a good time with Hold 'Em Yale. It’s definitely for fans of those 1930s character actors who talk out of the side of their mouths. If you need tight plotting or a logical reason for why these people are friends, look elsewhere. You will probably hate this if you find dated romantic tropes grating or if you need the stakes to feel like something more than ..."
Neal Dodd
Paul Gerard Smith, Eddie Welch, Damon Runyon
United States
