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]
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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 |
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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 |
Distributor | Showtime Networks |
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Original network | Showtime |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Ultra Stereo |
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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.
Films directed by Larry Peerce | |
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