The Neon Empire | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by |
Pete Hamill Edward Anhalt |
Directed by | Larry Peerce |
Starring |
Ray Sharkey Linda Fiorentino |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Charles W. Fries |
Producer | Richard Maynard |
Production locations |
Eloy, Arizona Casa Grande, Arizona Coolidge, Arizona Florence, Arizona |
Cinematography | Gerald Hirschfeld |
Editor | Bob Wyman |
Running time | 3hr. 6min. |
Production companies | Fries Entertainment Richard Maynard Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Showtime |
Release | December 3, 1989 |
The Neon Empire is a 1989 American television crime-drama miniseries directed by Larry Peerce and starring Ray Sharkey and Linda Fiorentino. [1] [2] It originally aired on two consecutive nights (December 3 and 4, 1989) on Showtime. [2]
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.