The Big Gamble is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Fred Niblo and written by Walter DeLeon and F. McGrew Willis.

When Alan Beckwith hits rock bottom, he approaches a local Mob boss named North to help him get his affairs in order before he kills himself.

North initially rejects the offer, pointing out that a life insurance policy would have a clause in it about suicide, preventing it from paying out before a year and a day, but he later accepts under his own conditions.

Her brother Johnny initially doesn't understand why his sister married a complete stranger, and gets upset when he discovers she has done it to save him.

In the end, there is a terrible crash, but Johnny is pulled from the wreckage and makes a recovery while Alan and Beverly embrace their future together.