Casino
Casino is a 1995 American epic crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Barbara De Fina and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is based on the 1995 nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay along with Scorsese. It stars Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak, and James Woods. The film was the eighth collaboration between director Scorsese and De Niro.
Plot
In 1973, sports handicapper and Mafia associate Sam "Ace" Rothstein is sent by the Chicago Mafia to Las Vegas to run the Tangiers Casino, with front man Philip Green. Sam soon doubles the casino's profits, with the extra unaccounted for cash skimmed directly from the casino count room, and delivered to the Midwest Mafia bosses. Chicago boss Remo Gaggi sends Sam's childhood friend and mob enforcer Nicky Santoro to protect Sam, the cash skim, and the casino. Nicky recruits his younger brother Dominick and childhood friend Frankie Marino to gather an experienced crew that specializes in shakedowns and jewelry burglaries. Nicky's Las Vegas criminal activities start drawing too much media and police attention and he is eventually placed in the Black Book, banning him from every casino in Nevada.
Cast
- Alan King
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Catherine Scorsese
- Charles Scorsese
- Dick Smothers
- Dick Warlock
- Don Rickles
- Frank Adonis
- Frank Vincent
- Frankie Avalon
- Heide Keller
- James Woods
- Jayne Meadows
- Joe Pesci
- John Bloom
- Joseph Rigano
- Kevin Pollak
- L. Q. Jones
- Melissa Prophet
- Nobu Matsuhisa
- Pasquale Cajano
- Paul Herman
- Philip Suriano
- Richard Riehle
- Robert De Niro
- Sharon Stone
- Steve Allen
- Steve Schirripa
- Vinny Vella