Glamour was the disguise.
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.
- 6.3
- 1991
- Released
- 2h 16m
Warren Beatty
Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel
Annette Bening
Virginia Hill
Harvey Keitel
Mickey Cohen
Ben Kingsley
Meyer Lansky
Elliott Gould
Harry Greenberg
Joe Mantegna
George Raft
Bebe Neuwirth
Countess di Frasso
Bill Graham
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Lewis van Bergen
Joe Adonis
Wendy Phillips
Esta Siegel
Karen Russell
Dancer
Robert Beltran
AlejandroStefanie Mason
Millicent Siegel
Andy Romano
Del WebbBryan Smith
Chick Hill
Eric Christmas
Ronald the Butler
Ray McKinnon
David HintonJoseph Roman
Moe SedwayDon Carrara
Vito Genovese
Carmine Caridi
Frank Costello
Don Calfa
Louie Dragna
Robert Glaudini
DominicJoe Baker
Lawrence Tibbett
Ksenia Prohaska
Marlene Dietrich
Bruce Ed Morrow
D.A. McWilde
Clive Rosengren
Deputy D.A. Hartman
Traci Lind
Natalie St. Clair
Anthony Russell
Jerry the Bookie
Wendie Malick
Woman On Train
Ralph Tabakin
Elevator Operator
Julie Strain
Bit Part (uncredited)
Released
en
$30,000,000.00
$49,114,016.00
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- #casino
- #hitman
- #psychopath
- #biography
- #romance
- #money
- #mafia
- #hollywood
- #las vegas
- #hoodlum
- #1940s
Reviews
I just reviewed Reds, a movie where they managed to make John Reed boring and now I am reviewing Bugsy... a movie where they manage to make Bugsy Siegel boring. And honestly, like with Reds, Bugsy helped Luciano rise to power in what is one of the most interesting mafia stories in American history... which you really don't see here. In fact, it's hardly even mentioned. But... after Bugsy did
Benjamin Siegel. Bugsy is directed by Barry Levinson and written by James Toback. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Benning, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould and Joe Mantegna. Music is by Ennio Morricone and cinematography by Allen Daviau. Film is a biography adaptation of Benjamin Bugsy Siegel, a notorious American mobster who rose to prominence in the 30s and 40s. Barry Levinson’s