Las Vegas Shakedown | |
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Directed by | Sidney Salkow |
Written by | Steve Fisher |
Produced by | William F. Broidy |
Starring | Dennis O'Keefe Coleen Gray Charles Winninger |
Cinematography | John Martin |
Edited by | Ace Herman Chandler House |
Music by | Edward J. Kay |
Production company | William F. Broidy Pictures |
Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Las Vegas Shakedown is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Sidney Salkow from an original screenplay by Steve Fisher. The film stars Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, and Charles Winninger, and was released on May 15, 1955.
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