The Las Vegas (1952)
This thriller produced by Howard Hughes' RKO Radio Pictures featuring Hughes' heartthrob Jane Russell and Vincent Price.
Linda (Jane Russell) makes an unscheduled stop at Las Vegas as a married lady with her husband Lloyd Roland (Vincent Price in a non Dracula role), a man with many secrets up his sleeves. Linda used to be a singer in a small bar where she used to have a fling and admirer, Dave Andrews (a rather unknown actor Victor Mature who looks like a young Sylvester Stallone), an ex-Navy, now a lieutenant in the local police force.
Linda was quite a hit during the time sh)e was there in a bar named 'Last Chance' where she paired with a pianist, Happy (Hoagly Carmichael who in real life was a talented composer and singer).
The shady Roland made this sudden stop at Las Vegas apparently running away from his office on Boston. From the telegram received, we gather that some money is missing from his office. He goes on a gambling spree and soon Linda's priced necklace is used as collateral for funds. Meanwhile, a insurance investigator (Hubler) is seen becoming pally with the pair.
In the background, Linda pays her old place a visit for old time's sake and in the process rekindles her old flame. The new owner of 'Last Chance' is murdered and the necklace goes missing. Roland is accused of murder. The masala of the B-grade film noir goes round and round the desert countryside and the real killer Hubler is apprehended. Roland, meanwhile, is sent back East for embezzlement leaving Linda and Dave to get lost in each other again.
This film is a product of a studio with a rich studio with a rich background falling into bad times. This, is one of the string of money losing B-grade film noirs made by RKO under the business control of the freakish Howard Hughes. It is said he was interested in making money and flying machines (besides pretty women). Being the flamboyant flying entrepreneur that Howard was, he made sure that the first helicopter and car chase on screen was shown here. The ever gorgeously curvaceous Russell who was the pin up girl for many a American soldier have used her cleavage and assets to the maximum here. The pianist (Carmichael) is quite impressive with his rendition.
This thriller produced by Howard Hughes' RKO Radio Pictures featuring Hughes' heartthrob Jane Russell and Vincent Price.
Linda was quite a hit during the time sh)e was there in a bar named 'Last Chance' where she paired with a pianist, Happy (Hoagly Carmichael who in real life was a talented composer and singer).
The shady Roland made this sudden stop at Las Vegas apparently running away from his office on Boston. From the telegram received, we gather that some money is missing from his office. He goes on a gambling spree and soon Linda's priced necklace is used as collateral for funds. Meanwhile, a insurance investigator (Hubler) is seen becoming pally with the pair.
This film is a product of a studio with a rich studio with a rich background falling into bad times. This, is one of the string of money losing B-grade film noirs made by RKO under the business control of the freakish Howard Hughes. It is said he was interested in making money and flying machines (besides pretty women). Being the flamboyant flying entrepreneur that Howard was, he made sure that the first helicopter and car chase on screen was shown here. The ever gorgeously curvaceous Russell who was the pin up girl for many a American soldier have used her cleavage and assets to the maximum here. The pianist (Carmichael) is quite impressive with his rendition.
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