His parents were vaudevillians, and like all of those children, he soon joined them on the road. Newĭennis O’Keefe played Joe Barnes, the cleanest casino owner in Vegas. Armstrong was first covered in King Kong (1933). Veteran actor Robert Armstrong played the role of an aging hood named Doc. This great actor was first mentioned in Key Largo (1948). Thomas Gomez played psychotic gangster Al ‘Gimpy’ Sirago. Gray was first covered in the carny Film Noir Nightmare Alley (1947). 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.

She wore her hair up and was wearing glasses. Actors – Las Vegas Shakedown (1955) ReturningĬoleen Gray played teacher and author Julie Rae. How did I know that Crowther was not going to like this film? That is the way to bet. But the story itself-well, read the title and you’ve pretty well got the whole tale, exclusive of incidental vignettes of various transients who have the gambling urge.”

The views of the night clubs, casinos, filling stations and luxury motels that backdrop this routine melodrama are candid and colorful. “The best to be said for “Las Vegas Shakedown,” which came to the Palace yesterday, is that it offers some mildly instructive glimpses of that fabulous Nevada gambling town. New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther said of the movie in a June 18 th, 1955 review: Images of the original Mirage Motel with the above-ground pool with windows, the Thunderbird Downs race track, the Union Pacific rail yards near Charleston Boulevard, and the interior and exterior images of the Hotel El Rancho Vegas are well-preserved for posterity.” “One of the highlights of the 1955 Las Vegas Shakedown is the visual record of Las Vegas. Stoldal rated his top ten Las Vegas Film Noirs with Las Vegas Shakedown (1955), saying: My 10 favorite noir films are among the genre’s darkest, but they also preserve a visual record of a long-gone Las Vegas. …film noir has long had a fascination with the extreme behaviors that Las Vegas seems to squeeze out of people. He spoke of the affection that Film Noir has for the gambling mecca of Las Vegas, saying: On August 27 th, 2015, Bob Stoldal wrote an article for Nevada NPR titled Vegas Goes Dark. On, there is no mention of this movie, and it does not show up under the names of any of the major actors.

Las Vegas Shakedown (1955) is rated 5.5 on. Today on Classic Movie Review, we are taking on the Film Noir Las Vegas Shakedown (1955).

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