The Neon Empire
The Neon Empire is a 1989 American television crime-drama miniseries directed by Larry Peerce and starring Ray Sharkey and Linda Fiorentino. It originally aired on two consecutive nights on Showtime.
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 Victor "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