Born on this day – Sidney Salkow:

 

Director

Writer

June 16, 1911 – October 18, 2000

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); Along the Mohawk Trail (1957); Ang Vengador (1948); Behind the Mike (1937); Blood on the Arrow (1964); Bronco (1962); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Cafe Hostess (1940); Casey Jones (1957); Cavalcade of America (1953–1954); Chicago Confidential (1957); City Without Men (1943); Come on, Leathernecks! (1938); Crusader (1956); Death Valley Days (1962–1964); Durango (1957); Ernestine (1962); Exclusive (1937); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939); Flight at Midnight (1939); Flight Lieutenant (1942); Flirtation (1934); Four Days Wonder (1936); From Hell to Heaven (1933); Fury (1956–1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Girl from God's Country (1940); Girl Overboard (1937); Gun Brothers (1956); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Karen (1964); La rivale dell'imperatrice (1951); La strada buia (1950); Lady Be Careful (1936); Las Vegas Shakedown (1955); Lassie (1954–1955); Maverick (1962); Michael Shayne (1961); Mike Hammer (1959); Millie's Daughter (1947); Murder with Pictures (1936); Overland Trail (1960); Prince of Pirates (1953); Prison Nurse (1938); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Robbers' Roost (1955); Scarlet Angel (1952); Shadow of the Eagle (1950); She Married a Cop (1939); Shotgun Slade (1959–1960); Simon Lash: The Black Book (1960); Sitting Bull (1954); Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1956); State Trooper (1957–1959); Storm Over Bengal (1938); Street of Missing Men (1939); Supernatural (1933); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Sword of the Avenger (1948); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1960); That's My Story! (1937); The Addams Family (1965–1966); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942); The Big Night (1960); The Boy from Stalingrad (1943); The Comedy Spot (1962); The Count of Monte Cristo (1956); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Sioux Massacre (1965); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960–1961); The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940); The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940); The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941); The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964); The Murder Game (1965); The Night Hawk (1938); The Pathfinder (1952); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Quick Gun (1964); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Toughest Man Alive (1955); The Zero Hour (1939); This Is Alice (1958); Tillie the Toiler (1941); Time Out for Rhythm (1941); Twice-Told Tales (1963); Woman Doctor (1939); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952–1953).

On this day in movie history - Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)

Las Vegas Shakedown

directed by Sidney Salkow,

written by Steve Fisher,

was released in the United States on May 15, 1955.

Music by Edward J. Kay.

Cast:

Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Patrick, Mary Beth Hughes, Elizabeth Patterson, James Millican, Robert Armstrong, Joe Downing, Lewis Martin, Mara McAfee, Charles Fredericks, Regina Gleason, Murray Alper, James Alexander, Frank Hanley, Allen Mathews, Sid Fields, Rory Mallinson, Matty Malneck, Eve Marley, Beverly Richards, Charles Sherlock, Paul Sorensen.