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 (December 3 and 4, 1989) 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 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