The Neon Empire
1989 American TV series or program
The Neon Empire | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Pete Hamill Edward Anhalt |
Directed by | Larry Peerce |
Starring | Ray Sharkey Linda Fiorentino |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Charles W. Fries |
Producer | Richard Maynard |
Production locations | Eloy, Arizona Casa Grande, Arizona Coolidge, Arizona Florence, Arizona |
Cinematography | Gerald Hirschfeld |
Editor | Bob Wyman |
Running time | 3hr. 6min. |
Production companies | Fries Entertainment Richard Maynard Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Showtime |
Release | December 3, 1989 (1989-12-03) |
The Neon Empire is a 1989 American television crime-drama miniseries directed by Larry Peerce and starring Ray Sharkey and Linda Fiorentino.[1][2] It originally aired on two consecutive nights (December 3 and 4, 1989) on Showtime.[2]
Plot
Junior Morloff, a Jewish gangster, is traveling out west when he comes across Las Vegas, a small town at the time. Surprised that gambling is legal there, he gets an idea to build a casino.
Cast
- Ray Sharkey as Junior Molov
- Linda Fiorentino as Lucy
- Gary Busey as Frank Weston
- Dylan McDermott as Vic
- Martin Landau as Max
- Julie Carmen as Miranda
- Harry Guardino as Nick
- Michael Zelniker as Burt Stone
- Richard Brooks as Tampa
- Andreas Katsulas as Vito
- Dale Dye as Chief Bates
- Tyra Ferrell as Samantha
- Natalia Nogulich as Mildred
References
- ^ Hiltbrand, David (December 4, 1989). "Picks and Pans Review: The Neon Empire". People. No. 23. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ a b O'Connor, John J. (November 30, 1989). "Inventing Las Vegas In 'The Neon Empire'". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
External links
- The Neon Empire at IMDb
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Films directed by Larry Peerce
- One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
- The Big T.N.T. Show (1965)
- The Incident (1967)
- Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
- The Sporting Club (1971)
- A Separate Peace (1972)
- Ash Wednesday (1973)
- The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
- The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
- Two-Minute Warning (1976)
- The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978)
- The Bell Jar (1979)
- Why Would I Lie? (1980)
- Love Child (1982)
- Hard to Hold (1984)
- The Fifth Missile (1986)
- Elvis and Me (1988)
- Wired (1989)
- The Neon Empire (1989)
- The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
- Child of Rage (1992)
- A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)
- Christmas Every Day (1996)
- A Secret Life (1999)
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