He’s soon joined by his hair-trigger childhood friend/enforcer NIcky Santoro (Joe Pesci), who quickly complicates matters by seeking his own sources of income and beating and maiming anyone who gets in his way. In 1973, gambling savant Samuel “Ace” Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is dispatched by his mob bosses from ‘back home’ to take over their luxe Tangiers casino - quickly raking in record profits with his fastidious management. Here, they're giving me awards.” We’re heading to the neon oasis in the desert for Martin Scorsese’s grandiose 1995 Vegas-set crime epic Casino. “Back home, they would have put me in jail for what I'm doing.
