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1	* CaliforniaDoubling: Las Vegas is doubled by Palm Desert and La Quinta, California, since the real Las Vegas is far too developed.
2	* CastingGag: Creator/JoeMantegna, who [[TypeCasting is best known for his gangster roles in films]], plays Creator/GeorgeRaft, an Hollywood actor who was himself [[TypeCasting typecast]] as a gangster in the 1930s and 40s.
3	* DawsonCasting:
4	** Siegel was in his mid-30's when he went out to Vegas and was 41 when he died, played by Creator/WarrenBeatty who was well into his 50's.
5	** The real Harry Greenberg died at age 30. Creator/ElliottGould was 53 at the time of filming.
6	* ReferencedBy: ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' has a character named Bugsy. In-universe, she got her name from someone [[LineOfSightName looking at]] a ''Bugsy'' DVD.
7	* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/WarrenBeatty married Creator/AnnetteBening just after they finished the film.
8	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/JeanLucGodard had first conceived of the project in TheSeventies, intending to cast Creator/RobertDeNiro as Siegel and Diane Franklin as Hill. Before that, Creator/TonyCurtis was lined up to play the role.
9	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
10	** Screenwriter James Toback's original script, which totaled over 400 pages, disappeared after he'd worked on it for over six years. He had to rewrite a new one from scratch.
11	** Creator/MichellePfeiffer was originally cast as Virginia Hill, but dropped out. Creator/EllenBarkin was also offered the role.
12	** Creator/WarrenBeatty originally played the role with a thick New York accent, but Levinson told him to drop it.

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