Frank Rosenthal Spilotro, on which the character Nicky Santoro (played by Joe Pesci) is based. Rosenthal is represented by the character Sam "Ace" Rothstein (played by Robert De Niro). The character of Ginger McKenna Rothstein, his wife in the film (played by Sharon Stone), is based on Geri McGee, Rosenthal's wife in real life. In an interview about the movie, Rosenthal stated that his character portrayed by Robert De Niro was quite but not fully similar to him, namely "7 on a scale of 1 to 10", and that he would neither "dispute" nor "confirm" whether Sharon Stone accurately portrayed his wife
The Casino Murder Case (film) arrest him. After thanking Mrs. Llewellyn's maid Becky (Louise Fazenda) for loading Lynn's gun with blanks, Vance resumes his romance with Doris. Cast notes: Originally William Powell and Myrna Loy were intended to star in "The Casino Murder Case", but Powell was tired of playing Vance – he was the first actor to play the part on film, and had played in the part in five earlier films – so MGM planned to use Otto Kruger, and then Fred Keating (who would have been borrowed from Columbia Pictures), Warren William, and Ricardo Cortez, before settling on Paul Lukas. Eugene Pallette