Bugsy
“Glamour was the disguise.”
CrimeDramaMystery
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.
VIBE
A slick, violent, and tragic look at a charismatic gangster's rise and fall. It's a stylish descent into ambition, obsession, and the seductive allure of power, set against the glamorous yet dangerous backdrop of mid-century Hollywood and nascent Las Vegas.
grittystylishviolentromanticmelancholicsteadyneo-noirperiod piecegangster filmbiographical dramaambitionloveviolencedestiny
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