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Las Vegas Shakedown: Directed by Sidney Salkow. With Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger, Thomas Gomez. A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Sidney Salkow
- 1955-05-15
Running time. 79 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Las Vegas Shakedown is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Sidney Salkow from an original screenplay by Steve Fisher. The film stars Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, and Charles Winninger, and was released on May 15, 1955.
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Coleen Gray played teacher and author Julie Rae. She wore her hair up and was wearing glasses. She may have been the original nerd girl in movies, who when they let their hair down and take off their glasses, you realize they are beautiful. Gray was first covered in the carny Film Noir Nightmare Alley(1947). Thomas Gomez played psychotic gangster Al ‘Gimpy’ Sirago. This great actor was first mentioned in Key Largo(1948). Veteran actor Robert Armstrong played the role of an aging hood named Do...
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Dennis O’Keefe played Joe Barnes, the cleanest casino owner in Vegas. O’Keefe was born in Iowa in 1908. His parents were vaudevillians, and like all of those children, he soon joined them on the road. O’Keefe attended the University of Southern California but left school in his sophomore year. Beginning in 1930 and lasting through 1937, O’Keefe made a living as an extra in films. After the film Saratoga (1937), Clark Gable recommended O’Keefe for better roles. O’Keefe received more prominent...
Inside the El Rancho casino and theater in Las Vegas, owner Joe Barnes (Dennis O’Keefe) is rudely brushing off a showgirl named Angela (Mara McAfee). She is in love with him, but he shows no interest. Joe requests Sam Costar (James Alexander) come to his office with the day’s reservations. Angela approaches Joe again. He tells her to get lost. A la...
The major problem I have with this movie is the assortment of stores. It looked to me that three couples, a writer, and three gangsters were all converging on the same point, with that point being Joe. I figured they would somehow all affect the story and conclusion. Instead, they were simply used as props to issue happy endings all around. A happy...
Las Vegas Shakedown. A teacher (Coleen Gray) writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner (Dennis O'Keefe) threatened by a gangster.
- Drama
Dennis O'Keefe stars in "Las Vegas Shakedown" from 1955, also starring Coleen Gray, and featuring Tomas Gomez, Charles Winninger, Mary Beth Hughes, and Elizabeth Patterson. O'Keefe plays Joe Barnes, the owner of a Vegas casino.
