Las Vegas Nights

Mar 28, 1941

1h 30m

★ 5.5

SWING-TOWN! SONG-TOWN! LAUGH-TOWN!...where nights are 24 hours long and fun never ends!

Overview

A vaudeville act inherits an old, beat-up building and decides to try to turn it into a hip new nightclub. Frank Sinatra's first screen appearance.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Las Vegas Nights Trailers

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Cast

Himself

Tommy Dorsey

Norma Jennings

Constance Moore

Stu Grant

Bert Wheeler

Bill Stevens

Phil Regan

Patsy Grant

Virginia Dale

Herself

Jo Stafford

Mildred Jennings

Lillian Cornell

Katy

Betty Brewer

'Red' Donahue

William 'Red' Donahue

Hank Bevis

Hank Ladd

William Stevens Sr.

Henry Kolker

Gloria Stafford

Francetta Malloy

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Sara and Alberto, who in their youth made music for love, with the passage of time are besieged by boredom, they will look for more spice in their lives but... With a third party?..."

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