Crashing Las Vegas

"FRANTIC FUN IN FABULOUS LAS VEGAS! Stacked and Packed with LAFFS!"

1956 1h 2m EN

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5.7

MID

★5.7TMDB · 5

Comedy

Synopsis

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An electric shock enables Sach to predict numbers, so the Bowery Boys are off to Las Vegas to win enough money at the roulette wheels to let their landlady buy an apartment building. Witnessing his winning streak, some gangsters decide to move in and find out his "system" for beating the odds.

“FRANTIC FUN IN FABULOUS LAS VEGAS! Stacked and Packed with LAFFS!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Mary Castle
Carol LaRue
Mort Mills
Lead Gangster
David Gorcey
Chuck, a Bowery Boy
Jimmy Murphy
Myron, a Bowery Boy
Jack Rice
Desk Clerk/Dream Judge/Dream Warden
Nicky Blair
Henchman Sam

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writers: Jack Townley, Jack Townley
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 62-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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70 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Mary Castle carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "FRANTIC FUN IN FABULOUS LAS VEGAS! Stacked and Packed with LAFFS!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0049101 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jean Yarbrough directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 62-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
270 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Mary Castle carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "FRANTIC FUN IN FABULOUS LAS VEGAS! Stacked and Packed with LAFFS!".
7IMDB entry: tt0049101 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "gambling", "gangster", "electric shock", "game show".

The technical file

Runtime: 62 min · 1h 2m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Crashing Las Vegas (1956)

Part of

The Bowery Boys Collection

From Dead Ends to the East Side and finally landing in Louie's Sweet Shop in the heart of the Bowery (3rd and Canal, natch!), there was no stopping these Boys! When understudy Leo Gorcey joined the ensemble of teen thespians on stage for the Broadway hit "Dead End", Hollywood soon followed with William Wyler taking the troupe in toto for 1937's film version. Personifying the grit and heart of the kid gangs sprouting up in city slums, these little wise guys quickly stole the nation's heart. Ably anchored by the central pair of Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey, the kids moved from "preachment" and crime pictures to straight up comedy as The Bowery Boys - and the rest is history as the boys capered through scores of pictures for over two decades!