Casino is a 1995 epic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi from the latter's nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. It stars Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak, Frank Vincent, and James Woods. The film was the eighth collaboration between director Scorsese and De Niro.
Casino follows Sam "Ace" Rothstein (De Niro), a Jewish American gambling expert handicapper who is asked by the Chicago Outfit to oversee the day-to-day casino and hotel operations at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas. Other significant characters include Nicky Santoro (Pesci), a "made man" and friend of Sam, and Ginger McKenna (Stone), a streetwise chip hustler whom Sam marries and has a daughter with. The film details Sam's operation of the casino, the difficulties he confronts in his job, the Mafia's involvement with the casino, and the gradual breakdown of his relationships and standing, as Las Vegas changes over the years.
Victims[]
- Joey DePinto - Stabbed 13 times in the neck and throat by Nicky with a ballpoint pen.
- Two Unnamed Men - Shot to death by three unnamed men with machine guns and pistols on Charlie M's orders.
- Unnamed Woman - Shot to death by three unnamed men with machine guns and pistols on Charlie M's orders.
- Tony Dogs - Eyeball popped out of his skull after having his temples crushed by Nicky in a vice before having his throat slit by Frankie off-screen.
- Anna Scott - Shot three times in the side of the head by Nicky with a pistol.
- Unnamed Man - Shot in the chest and stomach by Nicky off-screen, body shown.
- Unnamed Woman - Shot in the abdomen and stomach by Nicky off-screen, body shown.
- Unnamed Man - Shot in the stomach and cheek by Nicky off-screen, body shown.
- Unnamed Man - Killed by Nicky off-screen, body shown.
- Unnamed Man - Decapitated by Nicky off-screen, head shown.
- Unnamed Man - Car blown up by Nicky.
- Bernie Blue - Shot in the chest by two unnamed police officers with revolvers.
- Arnie Piscano - Died of a heart attack.
- Andy Stone - Shot seven times in the back by two unnamed men with silenced pistols.
- John Nance - Shot twice in the stomach off-screen and shot through the top of the skull by an unnamed man with a revolver.
- Two Unnamed Men - Shot through the skull by two unnamed men with revolvers.
- Ritchie - Bashed in the top of the skull after being struck in the neck and suffocated by an unnamed man with a plastic bag.
- Ginger McKenna - Died of a drug overdose.
- Dominick Santoro - Beaten to death by several unnamed men with metal baseball bats before being buried alive.
- Nicky Santoro - Skull and head sliced open after being struck in the head while being brutally beaten to death by several unnamed men with metal baseball bats before being buried alive.
Deaths[]
- Total - 22
- 18 Men
- 4 Women
Kill Counts[]
- Nicky Santoro - 9 (Deceased)
- Charlie M - 3 (Alive)
- Frankie Marino - 1 (Alive)