Robert De Niro as Sam “Ace” Rothstein, “Casino”
Credit:Phillip Caruso/Universal/The Kobal Collection
A man of numbers and business instincts, pragmatic in the office but a fool in his personal life, Ace consistently plunges headfirst into untenable positions. He falls in love with a woman who can never be his, becomes friends with a tough guy who brings him nothing but bad luck, and fails to recognize that running a Vegas casino means crushing a few skulls. Like so many other gangsters, Ace thinks he’s in a different game. He believes he flies above all this ugliness, only to be reminded time and again that he’s wading in the dirty stuff up to his waist.
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