When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single gal Kim Halliday jumps at a caller's claim that she's part-owner of a Las Vegas "hotel." But hilarity ensues when she flies to Sin City to see it. While a wealthy casino owner eyes her dilapidated property, she takes a chance and tries to sell it to an hotelier's wealthy son.
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Directed by Robert Pirosh and based on a story by Henry and Phoebe Ephron (Nora's parents), the musical rom-com The Girl Rush is hardly the best sample of its hybrid genre, showcasing entirely forgettable songs as Rosalind Russell takes charge of a long-derelict Las Vegas casino and finds herself caught between two possible courtships with an affable business partner (Eddie Albert) and the rival entrepreneur of the gambling house across the street (Fernando Lamas). Still, these and other familiar faces in the cast - James Gleason, Gloria De Haven, Marion Lorne, Jesse White and dancers Matt Mattox and Don Crichton among them - provide some welcome charm and there is enough energy put into the musical numbers to make them…
Interesting premise but the execution lacked quite a bit. RR was spectacular per usual, but I didn’t really care for any of her co-stars. Enjoyed her musical numbers and her outfits, but this felt like it needed a bigger budget and a higher dollar brand of leading man.
This movie makes fun of addiction, the songs suck, the plot is ridiculous, and the scenes don’t flow. But the redeeming qualities are the superlative dance sequences and Fernando Lamas, who plays a snake trying to get his hands on Rosalind Russell’s hotel. I really like the pairing of Lamas and Russell, but I wish the film made it clearer that he was into her. He seemed kinda wavering. Plus all the dudes were salivating over the dumb blond and that was annoying.
