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Charlie's Angels - Angels in Vegas (1978) |
Las Vegas casino owner shows Mexico 5 Peso coin and US Eisenhower dollars
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"Charlie's Angels" was an one-hour television series which ran on the ABC television network
from 1976 to 1981. It was set in Los Angeles, California. "Charlie" was a mysterious man
who owned a small detective agency staffed by an office manager and employing three beautiful women
as detectives. Charlie never appeared but sent orders over the telephone.
This episode was a two-part two-hour long program titled "Angels in Vegas" and was first broadcast on September 20, 1978.
The owner of a Las Vegas casino believes that he is being targeted when two of his employees die suddenly.
He hires the Charlie Townsend detective agency to work undercover at his casino.
When the owner's friend needs advice on placing a bet he flips a coin to decide.
The coin is a real Mexico 5 Peso coin dated 1977.
Some real US Eisenhower dollars appear on a table with a Blackjack hand.
1. Title
A Las Vegas casino appears.
2. The Tropicana
The Tropicana was a real Las Vegas Casino built in 1957 and demolished in 2024.
The story and characters in the program are fictional.
3. Coins on the table
A pile of US Eisenhower dollars are shown along with a "busted" Blackjack hand.
They were dollar-size copper-nickel clad copper coins which replaced the silver dollars.
Only the obverse of the top coin is shown.
Frank Howell, the owner of the casino, has hired the Charlie Townsend detective agency
to investigate the suspicious deaths of a girlfriend and a parking lot attendant along
with a harassment campaign against him.
Frank is with his long-time friend Jip Baker.
Jip asks for advice on a bet and Frank takes out a coin.
4. Frank with coin
Frank flips the coin and "heads" comes up.
5. The coin
The coin is a real Mexico 5 Peso coin dated 1977.
These copper-nickel coins were minted from 1971 to 1978, 33 mm in diameter, and weighed 14 grams.
The obverse features Vicente Guerrero, a Mexican general in the war of independence from Spain and later the President of Mexico.
These copper-nickel coins were minted from 1971 to 1978, 33 mm in diameter, and weighed 14 grams.
Frank meets with Bosley and the Angels.
6. Frank and the Angels
Frank Howell, Sabrina Duncan, Kris Munroe, Kelly Garrett, and John Bosley.
Sabrina is hired as an assistant to Frank, Kris is an aspiring singer, and Kelly is an aspiring showgirl.
Later Jip and his cat visit Frank and Sabrina.
7. Frank, Jip, Sabrina, and Cat
Jip leaves with the cat allowing Frank and Sabrina to spend time alone.
Frank takes out a coin and shows it to Sabrina.
8. Frank shows coin to Sabrina
Frank tells her that he kept the coin as a souvenir of a qtxfloating crap gameqtx where he won a large amount.
9. The coin
The Mexico 5 Peso coin reverse is shown.
10. Sabrina asks
Frank tells her that once he and Jip were in a high-stakes dice game and Frank needed
to make a betting decision. Jip flipped the coin to decide, Frank took the advice, and won the casino.
Mark Haines owns the Dunes Casino (again a real casino and a fictional owner) and he is one of the
suspects in the campaign against Frank.
11. Kelly visits Mark Haines
Kelly suggests that Mark had a girl killed because she left him for Frank.
Three other suspects appear:
12. Usual suspects
Marty Cole, Ed Slocum, and Case.
The girls and Bosley discover who is harassing Frank and killed his two employees.
They appear at one man's house and a gunfight ensues.
13. Shootout
Back at the casino Bosley introduces a man to the girls.
14. Bosley introduces a "private eye"
The detective is Dan Tanna, the private investigator in the television series "Vegas".
Cast, Directors, Writers:
Kate Jackson as Sabrina Duncan
Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garrett
Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe
David Doyle as John Bosley
John Forsythe as Charlie
Dean Martin as Frank Howell
Scatman Crothers as Jip Baker
James Hong as Prof. Perkins
Vic Morrow as Mark Haines
Dick Sargent as Marty Cole
Michael Conrad as Ed Slocum
Ron Rondell as Case
Robert Urich as Dan Tana (Spelled Dan Tanna in "Vegas")
Director: Bob Kelljan
Writers: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Edward J. Lakso
Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garrett
Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe
David Doyle as John Bosley
John Forsythe as Charlie
Scatman Crothers as Jip Baker
James Hong as Prof. Perkins
Vic Morrow as Mark Haines
Dick Sargent as Marty Cole
Michael Conrad as Ed Slocum
Ron Rondell as Case
Robert Urich as Dan Tana (Spelled Dan Tanna in "Vegas")
Writers: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Edward J. Lakso
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