I've seen all those movies. Forgot some of them. Some brief comments:
¶ The Las Vegas Story (1952) -- crime story
¶ Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) -- tepid romantic musical comedy. A lot of nice colorful scenes of old Las Vegas.
¶ Any Number Can Play (1949 -- I recommend it for some good reasons -- a drama with a very strong cast. There are many scenes of an illegal (but permitted) classy gambling club (1940's) run by Gable with lots of shots of gambling equipment, and much discussion about gambling philosophy. Worth a look. Film as a whole not great, but great for cast/gambling scenes/discussion.
¶ All Through the Night (1942) -- I forget it. Probably good movie and cast. Don't think there are many gambling scenes.
¶ The Great Sinner (1949) -- same value as Any Number Can Play. You really should give it a look. I wasn't crazy about it, but many others gave it high marks.. Great gambling scenes and discussion of European casinos and gambling philosophy in the mid 19th century. From one review: " In this often gripping film based on Dostoyevsky's 1866 story "The Gambler" (uncredited by the producers here), Peck is an honorable writer who falls in love with Gardner, but learns that her father (Huston), an inveterate gambler, is horribly in debt to casino owner Douglas and that father and daughter are almost chattel to the smooth gambling czar. Peck plans to rescue the pair and redeem their IOUs by beating Douglas at his own gaming tables. ... .... Peck is powerful as the obsessed gambler, and Gardner was never more ravishing. Huston makes a wonderful bewhiskered rapscallion, and Douglas, as the slick casino operator, is a man you love to hate. [also: Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, all good] The art and set direction are excellent, with sumptuous re-creations of the high-fashion gambling rooms, hotels, and salons of 19th-century Wiesbaden."
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The Las Vegas Story (1952)
230 TCM: Friday, March 19 6:45 AM
1952, NR, **, 01:28, B & W, English, United States,
A woman (Jane Russell) meets her sheriff ex-boyfriend (Victor Mature) while in Las Vegas with her embezzler husband (Vincent Price).
Cast: Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Hoagy Carmichael, Brad Dexter, Gordon Oliver, Jay C. Flippen, Will Wright, William Welsh, Raymond Montgomery, Colleen Miller, Robert Wilke, Syd Saylor Director(s): Robert Stevenson Producer(s): Robert Sparks
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Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
230 TCM: Friday, March 19 8:15 AM
1956, NR, **1/2, 01:52, Color, English, United States,
A ballerina (Cyd Charisse) brings casino luck to a gambling rancher (Dan Dailey), until they fall in love.
Cast: Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead, Lili Darvis, Jim Backus, Jerry Colonna, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Mitsuko Sawamura Director(s): Roy Rowland
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Any Number Can Play (1949)
230 TCM: Friday, March 19 10:15 AM
1949, NR, **1/2, 01:52, B & W, English, United States,
At odds with his wife (Alexis Smith) and son, a casino owner (Clark Gable) bets all against a lucky oilman out to break the bank.
Cast: Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Mary Astor, Wendell Corey, Audrey Totter, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau Director(s): Mervyn LeRoy
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All Through the Night (1942)
230 TCM: Friday, March 19 12:15 PM
1942, NR, ***, 01:47, B & W, English, United States,
A Broadway gambler (Humphrey Bogart) and his colorful cronies thwart a suave Nazi spy's (Conrad Veidt) gang of fifth columnists.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Karen Verne, Jane Darwell, Frank McHugh, Peter Lorre, Judith Anderson, William Demarest, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Wallace Ford, Barton MacLane, Edward Brophy, Martin Kosleck, Jean Ames, Ludwig Stossel, Irene Seidner, James Burke, Ben Welden Director(s): Vincent Sherman Producer(s): Hal B. Wallis
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The Great Sinner (1949)
230 TCM: Friday, March 19 2:15 PM
1949, NR, **1/2, 01:50, B & W, English, United States,
A lucky writer (Gregory Peck) tries to get his girlfriend (Ava Gardner) and her gambler father out of debt to a casino owner (Melvyn Douglas).
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Ludwig Stossel, Ludwig Donath, Erno Verebes, Curt Bois, Martin Garralaga Director(s): Robert Siodmak Producer(s): Gottfried Reinhardt
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Macao (1952)
230 TCM: Friday, March 19 4:15 PM
1952, NR, **, 01:20, B & W, English, United States,
An ex-GI (Robert Mitchum), a singer (Jane Russell) and a detective (William Bendix) circle an American gangster in a Chinese port.
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Thomas Gomez, Gloria Grahame, Brad Dexter, Edward Ashley, Philip Ahn, Vladimir Sokoloff, Don Zelaya, Emory Parnell, Nacho Galindo, Philip Van Zandt, George Chan Director(s): Josef von Sternberg Producer(s): Alex Gottlieb
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
230 TCM: Friday, March 19 5:45 PM
1966, NR, ***, 01:35, Color, English, United States,
Married homesteaders (Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward) stop at a Texas hotel, where he loses big at poker and she takes his place.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, Paul Ford, John Qualen, James Kenny, Alan Collins, Jim Boles, Virginia Gregg, Chester Conklin, Mae Clarke, Ned Glass, James Griffith, Noah Keen, Milton Selzer Director(s): Fielder Cook Producer(s): Fielder Cook
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