Movie
Bugsy
Overview
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-12-10
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TriStar Pictures, Mulholland Productions, Baltimore Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Warren Beatty as Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel
- Annette Bening as Virginia Hill
- Harvey Keitel as Mickey Cohen
- Ben Kingsley as Meyer Lansky
- Elliott Gould as Harry Greenberg
- Joe Mantegna as George Raft
- Bebe Neuwirth as Countess di Frasso
- Bill Graham as Charles "Lucky" Luciano
- Lewis van Bergen as Joe Adonis
- Wendy Phillips as Esta Siegel
- Richard C. Sarafian as Jack Dragna
- Karen Russell as Dancer
Crew
- Barry Levinson - Director
- James Toback - Writer
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