Love on a Bet is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Leigh Jason using a screenplay by P. J. Wolfson and Philip G. Epstein, based on a story by Kenneth Earl.
The film stars Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, and Helen Broderick, and was released by RKO Radio Pictures on February 1, 1936.
He proposes an outrageous wager with his rich Uncle Carlton that he can leave New York City without clothes or money and make it to Los Angeles in 10 days, and arrive there in a new suit, with $100, and a new girl.
Dropped off from a limousine in only his undergarments at Central Park, Michael encounters Paula Gilbert and her beau Jackson Wallace, promptly stealing his tux.
The two women, members of New York City, social register down in their fortunes, are en route to Los Angeles, where Paula intends to marry Wallace simply for his money, leaving immediately with him for two years in China.