Excellent, a Must See

A Major Disappointment

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Was pleasantly surprised at this film.Played last night in a tribute to Brad Dexter,an underappreciated actor,who was apparently once married to Ms Peggy Lee.He was good in anything he did.Here,he's an "insurance" muscle man,sent to keep an "eye" on both Vincent Price and a $100,000 dollar insured diamond necklace worn by Ms Russell.She meets up with former boyfriend and cop Victor Mature while hubby Price decides to gamble to recover money to pay up his financial debts.Ms Russell also meets up with former co-workers at a lounge in which she used to sing.In spite of it being a Howard Hughes Production,I liked the film.Some really quality actors,and Price a great semi-villain,Dexter a great pure villain,and sparks from Russell/Mature,a young lovers trying to marry before he's drafted all make for a good story.

A poor man's Casablanca but this movie is a messy hybrid of a murder mystery and musical romance.Howard Hughes continues with his obsession of Jane Russell who plays former Vegas crooner Linda. She has returned reluctantly to Vegas with her wealthy husband Lloyd Rollins (Vincent Price) wearing an expensive necklace and Lloyd with a need to gamble after receiving a startling telegram.Hot on the heels is an insurance man (Brad Dexter) following them and Linda meets up with her ex boyfriend (Victor Mature) who left to fight the war and is now working in Vegas as a detective which includes hanging around casinos and stopping under aged runaways from getting married.However Lloyd has accumulated gambling debts, the necklace has gone missing and the nasty casino owner ends up dead with Lloyd as the prime suspect.All this plus songs and tunes from Hoagy Carmichael playing the resident entertainer Happy. Even Linda finds time to join in for a song.A surprisingly decent acting display by Mature, Price is a scene stealer without camping it up and Russell effortlessly provides the beauty. The plot is too by the numbers and the musical songs range from tedious to bizarre with The Monkey Song.

Routine crime drama with Jane Russell as a singer, disillusioned with life due to her marriage to gambler Vincent Price, who has a lot of other things on their mind. The two stop off in Las Vegas, where Russell used to sing at gambling place and play lover to Victor Mature, a cop on the local force.When Price experiences a losing streak at the tables, he borrows on Russell's expensive piece of jewelry. Mayhem breaks out when the owner of the hotel, who is holding the brooch, is found dead the following morning. All eyes point to Price with those evil sneers of his. Go know that while he is an embezzler, he is not the killer.There is the usual helicopter chase.Brad Dexter co-stars as an insurance agent with plenty more on his mind. Hoagy Carmichael is along as the piano player singing I Can Get Along Without You Very Well and Monkey Business. Problem is that there really is no monkey business in this very routine thriller.

Saw this movie om Jane Russell's 85th Birthday (Thanks TCM!) I was impressed by her great performance - I think the first I've seen in a dramatic role. Victor Mature was excellent, too, even if he was playing to type. Hoagy was good, also, but nothing can touch his performance in "Best Days of Our Lives." J.C. Flippen also good in what would become a stereotypical role providing comic relief but not a fop in the style of "Barnie Fife". Am curious about the scene shot in an abandoned Air Force base. Logic dictates this is Nellis AFB but I doubt it was abandoned in 1952. Does anybody know where this location shoot took place?