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Spilotro eventually ran afoul of his organized crime overseers who disapproved of his handling of their Las Vegas affairs, and who then arranged his murder on June 14, 1986. Spilotro served as the basis for the character Nicky Santoro in Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino.
Apr 26, 2024 · Nicky Santoro, the inspiration for Joe Pesci's character in 'Casino,' led a violent life of crime that ended most brutally.
Apr 12, 2024 · Even among the most violent mobsters in cinema history, the character of Nicky Santoro, played by Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese’s 1995 film Casino, truly stands out. And though Santoro may seem too unhinged for real life, he was based on an actual Mafioso for the Chicago Outfit named Tony Spilotro.
Nov 1, 2023 · In Casino, Joe Pesci played Nicky Santoro, a short tempered mobster from Chicago who was sent by his bosses to oversee their operations in Vegas.
Jan 20, 2023 · The movie Casino tells the true story of the real-life mobster Anthony Spilotro, a mobster who was once one of Las Vegas' most feared gangsters. He committed theft, burglary, and eventually ...
Nicholas "Nicky" Santoro is the main antagonist of the 1995 crime film Casino. He is based on the real life Chicago Outfit enforcer Anthony John "The Ant" Spilotro.
Nicky Santoro : [narrating] it wasn't long before what I was afraid what was going to happen: happened, Nicky managed to get himself banned from every casino in Las Vegas, from then on I couldn't be seen talking to him anywhere in Vegas or anywhere near it.
