Meet me in Las Vegas

United States, 1956

Film
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While vacationing in Las Vegas with his mother, a wealthy Nevada rancher meets a ballet dancer who brings him luck at the roulette wheel. Shot on location in the renowned Sands Hotel, the film captures the glitz and glamour of the neon-lit gamblers’ paradise in its martini-era prime and features numerous cameo appearances by famous actors and Las Vegas entertainers including Frank Sinatra, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine and Peter Lorre. A song and dance highlight, featuring Cyd Charisse, is the thirteen minute bop parody of the ballad ‘Frankie and Johnny’ with special lyrics by Sammy Cahn sung by Sammy Davis Jr. Other songs include ‘The Gal With The Yaller Shoes’, ‘If You Can’t Dream’, ‘My Lucky Charm’, ‘Hell Hath No Fury’, ‘I Refuse To Rock ‘N Roll’

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Credits

director

Roy Rowland

producer

Joe Pasternak

production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Duration

01:51:48:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1956

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

319869

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q3713975

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