Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
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Shirley Temple as Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
Adolphe Menjou as Sorrowful Jones
Charles Bickford as Big Steve Halloway
Dorothy Dell as Bangles Carson
Warren Hymer as Sore Toe
Lynne Overman as Regret
Sam Hardy as Bennie the Gouge
John Kelly as Canvas Back
Frank McGlynn Sr. as Doc Chesley
John Sheehan as Sun Rise
Frank Conroy as Dr. Ingalls
Ernie Adams as Bettor (uncredited)
Edward Earle as Marky's Father (uncredited)
James Burke as Detective Reardon (uncredited)
Mildred Gover as Bangles' Maid Sarah (uncredited)
Willie Best as Dizzy Memphis (uncredited)
Garry Owen as Grinder (uncredited)
Huey White as Eddie (uncredited)
Tammany Young as Bugs (uncredited)
Veda Buckland as Nurse (uncredited)
Crauford Kent as Doctor (uncredited)
Pauline Wagner as Nurse (uncredited)
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