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They Came to Rob Las Vegas
Directed byAntonio Isasi
Screenplay by
  • Antonio Isasi
  • Lluis Josep Comeron
  • Jorge Illa
  • Jo Eisinger
Produced byNat Wachsberger
Antonio Isasi
Starring
CinematographyJuan Gelpí
Edited byEmilio Rodríguez
Music byGeorges Garvarentz
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts (USA)
Release dates
  • October 31, 1968 (1968-10-31) (Spain)
  • February 5, 1969 (1969-02-05) (USA)
Running time
129 minutes
Languages

They Came to Rob Las Vegas is a 1968 crime film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb, and Jack Palance.[1] A crime outfit plan a heist to rob a hi-tech truck containing $7 million in Las Vegas. Its Spanish title was Las Vegas 500 Milliones. Filming took place in California, Nevada, and Spain.

Plot

The wealthy Skorsky runs an armored-car service with high-tech surveillance and weaponry. He also has ties to a criminal organization and is being investigated by Douglas, a government law-enforcement agent.

Tony Ferris takes a job as a dealer in a Las Vegas casino to become acquainted with Ann Bennett, a compulsive gambler who works for Skorsky, a married man who has designs on her. At first she is offended at realizing that Tony seduced her simply to learn more about Skorsky's organization, but eventually she assists his plan to pull off a heist of an armored car in a remote part of the desert between Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

Cast

References

  1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/39805
  • "Elke Sommer Switches For Las Vegas Thriller". The Calgary Herald. Calgary, AB. February 26, 1968. p. 7. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  • "Sand Storms, Jets Delay Film Shooting". The Calgary Herald. Calgary, AB. March 1, 1968. p. 8. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  • Browning, Norma Lee (March 31, 1968). "Elke Prefers Hollywood to Europe for Movie Making". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL. p. G13. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  • Thompson, Howard (February 6, 1969). "'They Came to Rob Las Vegas' Opens". The New York Times. New York, NY. p. 3D. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  • Thomas, Kevin (February 22, 1969). "'Rob Las Vegas' in Multiples". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. p. A7. Retrieved May 14, 2012. They Came to Rob Las Vegas"—but stayed in Spain to make much of this trite "perfect crime" movie (in multiples).
  • Adams, Marjory (March 7, 1969). "Lockwood makes 'Las Vegas' lively". Boston Globe. Boston, MA. p. 25. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
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