The Game That Kills

{{short description|1937 film by D. Ross Lederman}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Game That Kills

| image = The Game That Kills.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Film poster

| director = D. Ross Lederman

| producer = Harry L. Decker

| screenplay = Grace Neville
Fred Niblo Jr.

| story = J. Benton Cheney

| starring = Charles Quigley
Rita Hayworth

| cinematography = Benjamin Kline

| editing = James Sweeney

| studio = Columbia Pictures

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released = {{film date|1937|9|21}}

| runtime = 55 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Game That Kills is a 1937 American mystery sport film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Charles Quigley and Rita Hayworth.{{cite book|last1=Parish|first1=James Robert|last2=Stanke|first2=Don E.|title=The glamour girls|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IBZAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Arlington House|page=292|isbn=9780870002441}}

Plot

After his brother is killed on the ice during a hockey game, Alex Ferguson, convinced it was no accident, goes undercover as a new player to discover the truth.

Alex falls for Betty Holland, the coach's daughter. He ultimately learns that team owner Maxwell is in cahoots with gamblers, as are a couple of his players, and coach Joe Holland is in debt to them. Betty takes a job at a newspaper and endeavors to clear her dad's name while Alex survives a dangerous game, followed by a confrontation with the crooks.

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