User Reviews

This might have been near the knuckle when broadcast back in the early 1960s.

There were several major celebrities playing shows in Vegas. The American public might not have been aware just what kind of people ran Vegas casinos and hotels.

Marty Alexander is a comedian who is successful in Vegas. He is in hock to the mob because he once ran up a big tax bill.

The mob have made him successful. They take half his earnings, the rest go in expenses to protect him from the tax man.

The clever money laundering operation is at risk because Marty wants out. He has fallen in love with Hank Rossi (Suzanne Pleshette.)

Paul Marino has already sent in Jack Flood in advance as a gag writer for Marty. He is well aware of the trouble Marty is in.

Delaney is Marty's handler and is in no mood to let this golden goose go.

The episode benefits in having real life funny men Joey Forman and Jack Oakie in the cast.

At one point it seems Mariono might be in too deep. A good episode that highlighted just how crooked Vegas was back in that era.

Stand up comedian Marty Alexander has fallen in love, and wants to escape his Las Vegas spot, the trouble is, he makes a lot of money for the mob, and technically they own him, Marino is in Vegas doing a piece.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one, I didn't foresee an episode about comedians in Vegas, but here they are, again we see the diversity of story, the multitude of pies the mob have their fingers in.

Vegas makes for a great setting, such a rich history, but you can't imagine it was a squeaky clean joint, there has always been big money associates with the place, you can only imagine.

It's such a great production, it looks wonderfully authentic from the setting to the dancers, it looks original, and at no point looks like a studio set production, it looks quality.

Funny man Joey Forman is absolutely spot on as Marty, Jack Oatie was excellent too, the pair gave this episode a really honest feel.

Hard to fault, 8/10.

Las Vegas could not be forgotten in this TV show that let us watch all the faces of the underworld rackets. And there are so many of them. Las Vegas is the world leading city of gambling; and what means gamble means gangsters. You can't live without it. And what a surprise to see Jack Oakie in this story. I could expect anyone but him, so specialized in musicals and comedies. So, in this episode, you have another story of an ambitious man who came from poverty row and whose ruthlessness will lead him to his own perdition. I don't know this actor, but his evil character is nevertheless very interesting, as often the bad guys, especially in this TV show. This character, an ambivalent man who plays the comic one man show whilst being ready at everything to achieving his evil purposes. I am so proud to comment those jewels from US TV industry. Sorry for my poor English.