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.
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
