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6.5/10   49 votes
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Director:
Joel Schumacher
Writers:
Juleen Compton (screenplay)
Juleen Compton (story)
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Release Date:
19 November 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel. | add synopsis
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A story kept simple – informative and well acted more

Cast

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Dyan Cannon ... Virginia Hill

Harvey Keitel ... Bugsy Siegel
Allen Garfield ... Leo Ritchie

John Vernon ... Nick Rubanos

Herbert Anderson ... Sen. Estes Kefauver
Robby Benson ... Leroy Small
John Quade ... Mousie
Liam Dunn ... Auctioneer

Conrad Janis ... Halley

Tom Reese ... Mac Hill
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Dorothy Adams
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Additional Details

Runtime:
74 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
A story kept simple – informative and well acted, 23 December 2005
7/10
Author: manuel-pestalozzi from Zurich, Switzerland

This minimalistic teleplay gives a good impression of the life and times of Virginia Hill and her relations to the gangster world. The script is lean, the action moves on at a brisk pace; starting with a senate committee hearing, the different episodes in the life of the Mata Hari like character are told in flash back sections. Dyan Cannon is great in the starring role, every five minutes or so she is wearing an entirely new outfit. She convincingly portrays a schemer wanting to strike it rich who is being manipulated and used in turn. She gets very good support by first rate character actors like Allan Garfield and John Vernon. A very young Harvey Keitel plays Bugsy Siegel who gets romantically involved with Hill. The script has a lot of sympathy for the couple, Siegel is presented as a pioneer who wagered a gamble in the middle of the Nevada Desert, called Las Vegas.

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