Contents.Plot Happy , as the piano player at the Last Chance casino in, wonders what split up Linda Rollins and Dave Andrews. He ruminates that 'something quick and sudden must have happened to them'.Linda reluctantly returns to Las Vegas by train when her husband Lloyd insists on vacationing there. When the couple disembarks, fellow passenger Tom Hubler hurriedly does as well. Linda discovers that her husband is in some kind of financial trouble, possibly criminal as well, and suspects he is trying to raise money by gambling. The first night, Lloyd insists she wears her necklace, appraised at $150,000 when they go out.Later, Linda encounters Dave, now a lieutenant with the Sheriff's Department, who is initially none too pleased to see her again. They heatedly discuss what it had been that ended their relationship.The next day, Hubler tries to become friendly with Linda at the hotel pool, but she brushes him off. He later informs Lloyd that he has been assigned by his insurance company to watch him and the necklace.Lloyd obtains $10,000 credit with Clayton, owner of the appropriately named Last Chance casino, by putting up Linda's necklace, but inevitably loses it all gambling.
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He tries to get Clayton to advance him more credit, but is turned down. Early the next morning, Clayton is found stabbed to death, and the necklace is missing.Dave arrests Lloyd. Lloyd tries to get his wife to provide him an alibi but she cannot, as she was with Dave at his home at the time, the two have reconnected.Dave, however, figures out the real killer's identity when Hubler slips up and reveals the location of the stabbing. After the murderer left, the dying Clayton had managed to crawl toward a telephone.Dave phones Linda to warn her, but Hubler, who has been after the necklace for himself the whole time, deduces the situation and kidnaps Linda. With roadblocks set up on all major highways and a description of his rented car, he steals another car, killing the owner. Dave engages a helicopter and spots the speeding vehicle.
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He and the pilot manage to force Hubler to leave the car at an abandoned base. Hubler wounds the pilot and forces Dave to throw out his gun by threatening to kill Linda but, after a chase and a fight, Dave is able to retrieve a gun and shoot Hubler dead.Back in Las Vegas, Linda decides to break up with her husband and remain in Las Vegas. Lloyd, who has been released from the murder charge, is quickly re-arrested on embezzlement and other charges.Cast. as Linda Rollins. as Dave Andrews. as Lloyd Rollins.
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as Captain H. Harris, Dave's boss. as Mike Fogarty. as Mr. Martin.
as Desk Clerk. as Mary. as ClaytonProduction The movie was originally called The Miami Story. It was from a story by Jay Dratner and was supposed to star Robert Ryan. However then it was changed to a vehicle for Victor Mature and Jane Russell, with Sam Bischoff to produce.Filming was to have started in December 1950 but the start date was pushed back to March 1951, by which time the title had been changed to The Las Vegas Story.Filming took place at RKO and on location in Las Vegas (also, the ).
Filming finished by June. Jarrico Lawsuit Howard Hughes ordered that the credit of writer be removed because of his communist affiliations. Jarrico took this to court but lost because it was held he had voided his morals clause. This opened the floodgates for producers to employ blacklisted writers during the without having to credit them. Reception Box-office The film lost an estimated $600,000. Critical response , the film critic for, gave the film a mixed review, writing, ' The Las Vegas Story at the Paramount is one of those jukebox gambling films that gives the impression of being made up as it goes along. For the simple fact is that Miss Russell is slightly grotesque to look upon in the tacky costumes and pinched-in get-ups with which she is cheaply adorned, and for the rest she contributes to the drama nothing more than a petulant pout and a twangy whine.
But, then, the scriptwriters, Earl Felton and Harry Essex, have not made demands in their loose-jointed, tabloid-tinted fiction for more than the lady gives. And the rest of the cast does not embarrass her by playing above her head. The best to be said on behalf of this hit-or-miss R.
Film is that, in throwing side glances at the sap-traps of Las Vegas, it points its own indeterminate moral: patrons proceed at their own risk; the odds are in favor of the house.' . 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953. Jean Simmons Heralded for 'Young Bess;' Enemy Agent Film ActivatedSchallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Los Angeles, Calif 14 Dec 1950: B13. FILM OF KANIN PLAY ATTACKED ON COAST: Catholic Paper in Los Angeles Describes 'Born Yesterday' as a Marxist SatireBy THOMAS F.
BRADY Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. New York Times (1923-Current file) New York, N.Y 01 Dec 1950: 39.
'BRIGADOON' LISTED BY METRO FOR FALL: Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson Will Play Leads in Screen Version of Musical Hit Of Local OriginBy THOMAS F. BRADY Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. New York Times (1923-Current file) New York, N.Y 12 Mar 1951: 20. accessed 18 May 2012. Drama: Clown Role in Offing for Skelton; Kramer Buys Pastoral ClassicSchallert, Edwin.
Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Los Angeles, Calif 06 July 1951: B7. accessed 18 May 2012. Hughes and Jarrico Feud Enters CourtLos Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Los Angeles, Calif 18 Nov 1952: 24.
at New York Times Movie Guide accessed 18 May 2012. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. P263. Richard B. Jewell, Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures, Uni of California, 2016. The New York Times, film review, January 31, 1952.
Last accessed: November 27, 2009., film review. Last accessed: November 27, 2009. Ozus' World Movie Reviews, film review, June 23, 2006. Last accessed: November 27, 2009. METRO PURCHASES 'SNIPS AND SNAILS': Louise Baker Will Adapt Her Novel to the Screen - Tracy and Hepburn May Co-StarBy THOMAS M. PRYOR Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. New York Times (1923-Current file) New York, N.Y 14 June 1952: 12.External links.
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