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Cast
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| Dan Dailey | ... | Chuck Rodwell | |
| Cyd Charisse | ... | Maria Corvier | |
| Agnes Moorehead | ... | Miss Hattie | |
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Lili Darvas | ... | Sari Hatvany |
| Jim Backus | ... | Tom Culdane | |
| Oskar Karlweis | ... | Lotzi | |
| Liliane Montevecchi | ... | Lilli | |
| Cara Williams | ... | Kelly Donavan | |
| George Chakiris | ... | Young Groom (as George Kerris) | |
| Betty Lynn | ... | Young Bride | |
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Henry Slate | ... | Henry Slate - The Slate Brothers |
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Jack Slate | ... | Jack Slate - The Slate Brothers |
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Sid Slate | ... | Sid Slate - The Slate Brothers |
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Pete Rugolo | ... | Conductor |
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John Brascia | ... | Specialty Dancer |
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Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not to begin with... Written by Mattias Thuresson
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 March 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Weekend at Las Vegas See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Edit
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Budget:
$2,495,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$2,217,000, 31 December 1956Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$3,714,000, 31 December 1956Company Credits
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.55: 1
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Young Bride: And we just got married.
Tom Culdane: Well, it won't be long. Why don't you go to the bar and have a drink on the house while you're waiting.
Young Groom: But, we only got two days and there's all this time here waiting...
Young Bride: Shhh! You don't have to tell everybody everything.
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Music by Nicholas Brodszky
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung and danced by Dan Dailey, joined by Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead and Chorus Boys
Also partially sung off screen by The Four Aces
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"You Got Looks" (music by Nicholas Brodszky, lyrics by Sammy Cahn), sung by Lena Horne, was cut from the film. Horne made it a staple of her nightclub act for the rest of the decade. See more »Goofs
When Dan Dailey drives to his ranch he exits his car and opens the drive way gate. He drives into the ranch without closing the gate, but cattle are loose which he drives past and would walk out the open gate to wander off. See more »Quotes
Young Groom: Mr. Culdane, we have a reservation, but the people in our room haven't moved out yet and they say there are no other vacancies.Young Bride: And we just got married.
Tom Culdane: Well, it won't be long. Why don't you go to the bar and have a drink on the house while you're waiting.
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The Gal with the Yaller ShoesMusic by Nicholas Brodszky
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung and danced by Dan Dailey, joined by Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead and Chorus Boys
Also partially sung off screen by The Four Aces
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Modestly, very modestly, entertaining romance/musical is worth seeing only for Cyd ("Legs for Days") Charisse dancing at her best; and her acting is better than usually.
Plot has rancher Dan Dailey and ballet star Charisse fall for each other in Las Vegas. Charisse shows off her versatility in two dancing ballets, a burlesque bump and grind, an "Oklahoma"-esque cowboy dance, and in a "Frankie and Johnny" number as well-sung by Sammy Davis Jr.
The dance numbers were choreographed by one of Hollywood's all-time best choreographers, Hermes Pan, and they show off Charisse at her leggy best. The burleque number is a hoot and the second ballet is high camp.
Other musical numbers are by Jerry Calonna, Lena Horne and Frankie Lane. Dailey even does a song and dance with Japanese kid singer Mitsuko Sawamura (from "Tea House of the August Moon").
Watch carefully for brief cameos by Frank Sinatra, Pier Angeli, Debbie Reynolds and Peter Lorre (he's a blackjack player saying "Hit me"!). George Chakiris (credited as George Kerris) has a brief role too.
It looks like a lot of mid-50s casinos helped with the filming, so there are no Godfathers behind the scenes. Vegas appears positively plain compared to today's glitz.
If you're into this type of show you'll love it.