Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City did not speak English, claimed Doyle's wife was a fraud, and ended his friendship with Conan Doyle. In 1929, the Ambassador was the site of the infamous Atlantic City Conference, in which a number of organized crime bosses, including Al Capone, Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano, negotiated their territorial rights after a wave of violence. In 1931, as Philadelphia gangster Mickey Duffy slept in the hotel, he was shot and killed by assailants who were never caught. The incident was dramatized in the series "Boardwalk Empire", with a character called Mieczyslaw "Mickey Doyle" Kuzik. The hotel eventually closed in the
Gangster No. 1 (Bettany). He comes to the attention of an influential London gangster, Freddie Mays (Thewlis), who recruits him as an enforcer. The Gangster is eager to please; his violence at first impresses Mays, and he soon proves his loyalty with creative methods of murder. The Gangster quickly becomes obsessed with and deeply jealous of Mays' glamorous lifestyle and success. The Gangster discovers that Mays' rival, Lennie Taylor (Jamie Foreman), is planning to kill Mays. Instead of warning his boss, the Gangster decides to let the attack take place, and he kills the only other member of his own gang who knew