It stars Hale Hamilton, Lucille Lee Stewart, and Gilbert Douglas, and was released on November 25, 1918.

Feeling he has nothing left to lose, he heads to the racetrack, where he bets it all on a longshot, which wins the race, returning $15,000 to Gamble.

In August 1918 it was announced that Metro Pictures had acquired the rights to George Chester Randolph's novel, Five Thousand an Hour.

The script was written by June Mathis, with Ralph Ince at the helm and starring Hale Hamilton.

"[9] The Los Angeles Evening Express also gave the film a good review calling it, "one of the most entertaining comedy dramas ever seen on the screen.