This episode of 77 Sunset Strip has Efrem Zimbalist getting as a client Russ Conway who is a casino owner from Las Vegas who is being systematically robbed by someone using some very good counterfeit chips. In fact there's a bit of this episode where we see the process used by the casino owners in designing their chips. It's a lot like the US Mint and since these chips mean cash just as much security is taken.
Which leaves identifying who could be doing this fairly easy for Zimbalist. The trick is who is behind the scheme and to catch them with the counterfeit chips.
Which means Zimbalist goes undercover as a gambler/gangster and it leads to Brad Dexter. When Stu Bailey's cover is blown it's a close run thing.
Featured in the story is Ruta Lee an aspiring lounge singer who turns out to be a friend indeed for Zimbalist.
Entertaining but also instructive about how casino chips are made and protected in the days before computers.
Which leaves identifying who could be doing this fairly easy for Zimbalist. The trick is who is behind the scheme and to catch them with the counterfeit chips.
Which means Zimbalist goes undercover as a gambler/gangster and it leads to Brad Dexter. When Stu Bailey's cover is blown it's a close run thing.
Featured in the story is Ruta Lee an aspiring lounge singer who turns out to be a friend indeed for Zimbalist.
Entertaining but also instructive about how casino chips are made and protected in the days before computers.
