''Las Vegas Shakedown'' is a 1955 American
crime film directed by
Sidney Salkow
Sidney Salkow (June 16, 1911 – October 18, 2000) was an American film director (more than 50 motion pictures), screenwriter, and television director.
Salkow was educated at the City College of New York, Columbia University and Harvard Law Schoo ...
from an original screenplay by
Steve Fisher. The film stars
Dennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe (born Edward Vanes Flanagan, Jr., March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor and writer.
Early years
Born in Fort Madison, Iowa, O'Keefe was the son of Edward Flanagan and Charlotte Flanagan, Irish vaudevill ...
,
Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray (born Doris Bernice Jensen; October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015) was an American actress. She was best known for her roles in the films '' Nightmare Alley'' (1947), '' Red River'' (1948), and Stanley Kubrick's '' The Killing'' ...
, and
Charles Winninger
Charles J. Winninger (May 26, 1884 – January 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, most often cast in comedies or musicals.
Life and career
Winninger was born in Athens, Wisconsin, the son of Rosalia (Grassler) and Franz Winninger ...
, and was released on May 15, 1955.
Plot
Cast
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Dennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe (born Edward Vanes Flanagan, Jr., March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor and writer.
Early years
Born in Fort Madison, Iowa, O'Keefe was the son of Edward Flanagan and Charlotte Flanagan, Irish vaudevill ...
as Joe Barnes
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Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray (born Doris Bernice Jensen; October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015) was an American actress. She was best known for her roles in the films '' Nightmare Alley'' (1947), '' Red River'' (1948), and Stanley Kubrick's '' The Killing'' ...
as Julia L. Rae
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Charles Winninger
Charles J. Winninger (May 26, 1884 – January 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, most often cast in comedies or musicals.
Life and career
Winninger was born in Athens, Wisconsin, the son of Rosalia (Grassler) and Franz Winninger ...
as Ernest Raff
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Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez (July 10, 1905 – June 18, 1971) was an American actor.
Life and career
Born Sabino Tomás Gómez, Jr., in New York City, Gomez began his acting career in theater in 1923, studying under actor Walter Hampden in a production of Cy ...
as Al "Gimpy" Sirago
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Dorothy Patrick
Dorothy Patrick (born Dorothea Davis; June 3, 1921 – May 31, 1987) was a Canadian-American film actress and a John Robert Powers model.
Early life
Patrick was born on June 3, 1921, in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Mr. and ...
as Dorothy Reid
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Mary Beth Hughes
Mary Elizabeth Hughes (November 13, 1919 Katz, Ephraim (1979). ''The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume''. Perigee Books. . P. 586. – August 27, 1995) was an American film, television, a ...
as Mabel Dooley
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Elizabeth Patterson as Mary Raff
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James Millican
James Millican (February 17, 1911 – November 24, 1955) was an American actor with over 200 film appearances mostly in western movies.
Millican was the son of Fred S. Millican, a circus owner, and Dorothy Millican.
Millican was a clos ...
as Wheeler Reid
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Robert Armstrong as Doc
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Joseph Downing as Matty
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Lewis Martin as Collins
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Mara McAfee
Mara McAfee (November 27, 1929 – January 13, 1984) was an American Pop artist and illustrator best known for her satirical depictions of historical figures, contemporary subjects, and high art traditions. During the 1950s McAfee was also an ...
as Angela
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Charles Fredericks
Charles Fredericks (born Fred Cockerham; or Crockenham; September 5, 1918 – May 14, 1970) was an American actor of stage, television, and film.
Early years
Fredericks was born Fred Cockerham (or Crockenham) the son of a Presbyterian ministe ...
as Sheriff Charlie Woods
* Regina Gleason as Maxine Miller
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Murray Alper
Murray Alper (January 11, 1904 – November 16, 1984) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous television series, films, and Broadway productions.
Biography
Born in New York City in 1904, Alper worked on Broadway from 1927 to 1940 in a nu ...
as House manager
* James Alexander as Sam Costar
* Frank Hanley as Milton Dooley
* Allen Mathews as Rick
References
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Allied Artists films
Films directed by Sidney Salkow
1955 crime drama films
1955 films
American crime drama films
1950s English-language films
Films set in the Las Vegas Valley
1950s American films
American black-and-white films
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