Breezy comic actor
Eddie Quillan starred in several amiable Pathe programmers in 1929, 30' and '31. Big Money finds Quillan cast as a go-getting bank messenger, who falls in with unsuccessful gambler Jimmy Gleason. Entering a high-stakes card game, Quillan bets the bank's money, and is promptly cleaned out. Soft-hearted professional gambler
Robert Armstrong rescues the pair from the hoosegow. Big Money was among a handful of talking features directed by
Russell Mack, who was no mean gambler himself (especially with other people's money). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide