The Lady Pays Off

Routine courtship between two people from different worlds. One runs a gambling join, the other a teacher. One gets drunk and assemble a gambling debt she can't pay, so she has to work it off by being the teacher for the casino boss' daughter. And it all starts off there. Mildly amusing and very predictable, but it was a good showcase for Linda Darnell, and Stephen McNally came off confident doing his bit.

Evelyn (Linda Darnell) is an award-winning teacher, but she has trouble finding the right man. They all just see her as someone who'd make a great mother and not as the sexy bombshell she is ("They respect me, sure, but who wants to be respected?", she asks.) The question is, will the casino owner Matt Braddock want her as a woman and not just a teacher for his daughter? There is a lot of motions-going-through in the film, but the fishing boat scene is very funny.