High Stakes

This tatty made-for-TV thriller concludes that some amnesiacs are better off in their new lives as cocktail waitresses than in their old ones as adulterous career women. Nora Freemont (Veronica Hamel) wanders out of the Nevada Desert in an evening gown, unable to recall her previous existence. Nora accepts a job serving drinks at a casino guarded by house detective Denton (Dennis Farina), who suspects she might be faking her amnesia and hopes there's a reward for information leading to her reunion with a grateful family. Denton inevitably falls for the classy broad, and comes to accept that her memory loss is genuine. Then, just when Denton and Nora are thinking abou...