711 Ocean Drive

Mal Granger

Gail Mason

Carl Stephans

Vince Walters (as Barry Kelly)

Trudy Maxwell

Larry Mason (as Donald Porter)

Police Lt. Pete Wright

Gizzi

Chippie Evans

Peterson, Carl's Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Detective Carter (uncredited)

Chippie's Date (uncredited)

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Mendel Weiss (uncredited)

Steve Marshak (uncredited)

Hoover Dam Guide (uncredited)

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Boxer (uncredited)

Kelly, Cop at Boulder Dam (uncredited)

Al, Las Vegas Bookmaker (uncredited)

Tim (uncredited)

Rocco (uncredited)

Boulder Dam Tourist (uncredited)

Counterman (uncredited)

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Joe Gish (uncredited)

Sonny, Spotter / Henchman (uncredited)

Las Vegas Bookmaker (uncredited)

Bookie in Montage (uncredited)

Auto Repair Mechanic (uncredited)

Man at Racetrack (uncredited)

Dame at Boxing Match (uncredited)

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"Boulder Dam" is actually Hoover Dam. Congress authorized the Boulder Canyon Dam Project in 1931 and, it being traditional to name big federal dam projects after the sitting President, named it Hoover Dam. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932 but could not officially change the name set by Congress. Harold Ickes (FDR's Interior Secretary), however, issued a memo directing that his employees "...will refer to the dam as 'Boulder Dam' in this pamphlet as well as in correspondence and other references...." In 1947, after Roosevelt and Ickes had died, Congress passed a resolution to "restore" the name of Hoover Dam. Until that time, however, all official, tourist and other promotional materials called it "Boulder Dam." The public's recognition with the old name was still apparent in the movie (released in 1950) through the script and the highway signage seen en route.

Mal Granger announces he's joined with "National Press Service" but earlier it's shown as "National Wire Service".

When Mal and Chippie first enter the loan company (the front for Walters' bookmaking organization), the signs on the windows both say "Libert Finance" - both "Libert"s clearly have a last letter - a "Y" - painted over. Eight minutes later in the film, when L.A.'s new "Gangster Squad" is going over a file about the company, both signs in a photo say "Libertt Finance" (with a "T" replacing the blacked out "Y" seen earlier).

The tape recorders Mal uses to manipulate the Vegas sports book only have one reel. But this isn't a goof because he is recording announcements from the race track on one tape deck (with only a feed reel) and playing the tape back to the bookie network after a 2-minute delay on the second tape deck (with only a take-up reel. If you look closely at the shot, at some point you can see a big pile of loose tape from in between the reels sitting on the table in the background -- which is probably about 2 minutes worth of tape. That's how he gets the delay.

Mal Granger: Time wounds all heels.

Chippie Evans: You've sure got the angles, Mal. If it was anybody but Vince he'd give you part of the take.