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Bugsy is a 1991 American biographical crime drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by James Toback. The film stars Warren Beatty , Annette Bening , Harvey Keitel , Ben Kingsley , Elliott Gould , Bebe Neuwirth , and Joe Mantegna .
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (/ ˈ s iː ɡ əl /; February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American mobster [3] who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. [4]
The Bugs (Bugsy) and Meyer Mob was a Jewish-American street gang in Manhattan, New York City's Lower East Side. It was formed and headed by mobsters Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky during their teenage years shortly after the start of Prohibition. The Bugs and Meyer mob acted as a predecessor to Murder, Inc.
Moe Sedway (July 7, 1894 – January 3, 1952) was an American businessman and mobster. He was an associate of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and a faithful lieutenant of organized crime czar Meyer Lansky.
The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise through organized crime.
Stomy Bugsy (born 1972), stage name of French rapper Gilles Duarte; the title character of Bugsy Malone, a 1976 musical film; Bugsy, a 1986 text-adventure game; Bugsy (Pokémon), a character in the Pokémon universe; Bugsy, a character portrayed by James Russo in the 1984 film Once Upon a Time in America "Bugsy", an obsolete synonym for "crazy"
Fischetti had a wife, Ann. [2] They resided in Miami Beach, Florida. [3]Fischetti died of a heart attack on April 11, 1951, in Miami Beach, Florida. [6] [7] $30,000 worth of flowers in seven cars were sent to his funeral, which was held at Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church at 561 Carroll Street in Brooklyn. [2]
Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein (February 12, 1905 – June 12, 1941) was a member of a gang of hitmen, operating out of Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s, known as Murder, Inc. ...