Complete credited cast: | |||
Jane Russell | ... | Linda Rollins | |
Victor Mature | ... | Lt. Dave Andrews | |
Vincent Price | ... | Lloyd Rollins | |
Hoagy Carmichael | ... | Happy | |
Brad Dexter | ... | Tom Hubler | |
Gordon Oliver | ... | Mr. Drucker | |
Jay C. Flippen | ... | Capt. H.A. Harris | |
Will Wright | ... | Mike Fogarty | |
Bill Welsh | ... | Mr. Martin | |
Ray Montgomery | ... | Desk Clerk | |
Colleen Miller | ... | Mary | |
Robert J. Wilke | ... | Clayton (as Robert Wilke) |
Investment broker Lloyd Rollins, insisting to his wife Linda that they stop at Las Vegas on their trip from Boston, begins to gamble heavily. Linda visits the Last Chance, a casino where she used to sing, and where she meets police lieutenant Dave Andrews, with whom she had a brief affair some years earlier. Insurance investigator Tom Hubler soon arrives to keep an eye on Linda's valuable necklace for his company, unaware that Rollins hocked the necklace with Clayton, owner of the Last Chance. Lt. Andrews, rebuffed by Linda, learns that Clayton has been murdered. He deduces the killer's identity and begins a deadly chase when he learns the killer has taken Linda hostage and fled into the desert. Written by Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Shady business man and compulsive gambler Vincent Price and luscious wife Jane Russell get off the trans-continental train they're on on their way to LA to do some gambling in Las Vegas. They stay at the Fabulous Hotel where Price convinces the management to extend him $100,000 in credit so he can have money to gamble with. The movie has a somewhat interesting back story about Price and a ruined business partner in Boston. As well there is another back story about Russell and Las Vegas detective Victor Mature, who seem to have met a while ago when she was a singer at a casino where Hoagy Carmichael is the long time pianist and band leader. He (Carmichael) does a great number about a little over half-way through the film that must be seen. As well, Russell is wearing a super expensive diamond bracelet that is the object of an aggressive insurance investigator. For my money, Price, Carmichael, and the vintage Vegas scenes are the only really compelling reasons to watch, except for a decent chase between a helicopter and a Mercury woody across the desert which leads to an interesting fight in an abandoned military base.