Hazard is a 1948 American comedy drama film starring Paulette Goddard and Macdonald Carey,[1] and directed by George Marshall.

A compulsive gambler, Ellen Crane owes a large debt to Lonnie Burns, a club owner.

He cuts a deck of cards with her—if she wins, Burns will forget the IOU, but if she loses, Ellen must marry him.

A furious Burns hires private eye JD Storm, who tracks her to Chicago.

She wins enough money there gambling to continue to Los Angeles, but first finds Storm waiting in her hotel room.