Editing Bugsy (section)

==Plot==
In 1941, gangster [[Bugsy Siegel|Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel]], who had partnered in crime since childhood  with [[Meyer Lansky]] and [[Charlie Luciano]], goes to [[Los Angeles]] and instantly falls in love with [[Virginia Hill]], a tough-talking [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] starlet. The two meet for the first time when Bugsy visits actor [[George Raft]] on the set of ''[[Manpower (1941 film)|Manpower]]''. He buys a house in [[Beverly Hills]], planning to stay there while his wife and two daughters remain in [[Scarsdale, New York]].

Bugsy is tasked by Luciano and Lansky with protecting their lucrative bookmaking rackets run in partnership with weak [[Los Angeles crime family]] boss [[Jack Dragna]]. Ascending local Jewish gangster [[Mickey Cohen]] robs Dragna's operation one day. He is confronted by Bugsy, who decides he should be in business with the guy who committed the robbery, not the guy who got robbed. Cohen is put in charge of the betting casinos; Dragna is forced to confess to a raging Bugsy that he stole $14,000 and is told he now answers to Cohen.

After arguments about Virginia's trysts with drummer [[Gene Krupa]] and various bullfighters and Bugsy's reluctance to get a divorce, Virginia makes a romantic move on Bugsy. On a trip to [[Nevada]] to make a maintenance call to a rough gambling joint, Bugsy is struck with the inspiration for a luxury hotel and casino in the desert of Nevada, which happens to be in the only state where gambling is legal. He obtains $1 million in funding from Lansky and other [[New York City]] mobsters, on the motion of going big, doing it legit in Nevada. Virginia wants no part of it until Bugsy offers her a share, puts her in charge of accounting, and begins constructing the [[Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel Casino]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]]; however, the budget soon soars out of control to over $6 million through overspending and Hill's mismanagement. In desperation, Bugsy sells his own share to cover some of the losses.

Bugsy receives a visit from gangster [[Harry Greenberg]], who has betrayed his old associates to save himself and run out of money from a combination of his gambling habits and being extorted by prosecutors who want his testimony. Harry begs Bugsy for help; after taking him to a secluded spot so they can talk privately, Bugsy shoots his friend dead. He is arrested for the murder, but the only witness is a cab driver who dropped Harry off in front of Bugsy's house, and who soon disappears after being paid off.

Lansky waits for Bugsy outside the jail and gives a satchel of money to his friend, though he warns Bugsy that he will no longer be able to protect him. The Flamingo's opening night is a total failure in a rainstorm, and $2 million of the budget is unaccounted for. Bugsy discovers that Virginia stole the money, which he then lets her keep. He then urges Lansky to never sell his share of the casino because he will live to thank him someday. Returning to Los Angeles, Bugsy is shot and killed in his home. Virginia learns the news in Las Vegas and knows her own days could be numbered.

The end title cards state that one week after Bugsy's death, Virginia returned all of the missing money to Lansky and later committed suicide in [[Austria]], and by 1991, the $6 million invested in Bugsy's Las Vegas dream had generated revenues of $100 billion.