The second of Thomas Meighans three 1927 vehicles Were All Gamblers was also the first of two collaborations between Meighan and director James Cruze Based on Lucky Sam McCarver a play by Sidney Howard the story concerns a refugee of the Lower East Side who rises to the uppermost rungs of the nightclub world all for the sake of a dame Boxer Sam McCarver Meighan falls in love with society girl Carlotta Asche Mariette Mische