Casino is a 1995 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese. Robert De Niro stars as Sam "Ace" Rothstein, a Jewish-American top gambling handicapper who is called by the Mob to oversee the day-to-day operations at the fictional Tangiers casino in Las Vegas. The story is based on Frank Rosenthal, who ran the...
Nicky talks about problem solving in old school Vegas.
Nicky speaks about the count room, where all the money collected in the casin...
The man with the suitcase is ushered into a back room in an Italian grocery s...
A meeting of old men in the back of a grocery store is shown.
Nicky yells at Ginger in the back room of a restaurant after she asks Nicky t...
A man grabs handfuls of cash from the count room, stuffing it into a briefcase.
Ace explains that he helped Nicky and his wife get accustomed to Las Vegas.
Nicky explains how successful Ace was at running the casino.
Ace talks about starting over in Las Vegas.
Nicky speaks about how the people in the count room would skim money off the ...
Ace explains that Nicky was a very good enforcer.
Ace explains that he employed some of the local men who were connected to the...
Nicky talks about the men in the count room skimming money.
Nicky explains that the mobsters ran the Teamster's Union.
Ace explains how potential thieves were dealt with.
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