bugsy siegel be 31 when he go out to the west coast . in addition to his dream about la vega and he toy with the idea of act . he be a good look guy and about 7 year young than his pal george raft and so it wasn not such a crazy idea . warren beatty be 54 when he make this movie and despite the hair dye and he too old for this part . beatty be miscast while bugsy should have be play by someone like alec baldwin . bugsy be a tough guy fear by his contemporary while beatty just doesn not radiate menace . this be a vanity project for beatty and who hasn not come to term with the fact that he no longer a lead man . the other big annoying miscast be mantegna a george raft . raft have a distinctive voice and mannerism and none of which mantegna even attempt to match . you never once believe that mantegna come from the street . warren beatty and robert redford have both be pretend to be young for year by massive use of hair dye and and now it while ll be a shock to suddenly go gray and play character part .