
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.

as Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel

as Virginia Hill

as Mickey Cohen

as Meyer Lansky

as Harry Greenberg

as George Raft

as Countess di Frasso

as Charles "Lucky" Luciano

as Joe Adonis

as Esta Siegel

as Jack Dragna

as Dancer

as Alejandro

as Millicent Siegel

as Barbara Siegel

as Del Webb

as Ronald the Butler

as David Hinton

as Moe Sedway

as Vito Genovese

as Frank Costello

as Louie Dragna

as Dominic

as Lawrence Tibbett

as Marlene Dietrich

as D.A. McWilde

as Deputy D.A. Hartman

as Natalie St. Clair

as Jerry the Bookie

as Woman On Train

as Elevator Operator

as Bit Part (uncredited)

as Chick Hill (as Bryan Smith)