Kulo nyaka, ifilimu eyaziwayo emhlabeni "iCasino" yagubha iminyaka eyi-12. Nangona kudlalwa kakhulu, eli phephancwadi lihlala lifihlile emva kwecebo layo ezininzi iimfihlelo. Ngoko, kude nabaninzi abalandeli befilimu bayazi ukuba umboniso weqhawe likaRobert de Niro uSam Rodstein, wayeyinkosi yangempela yama-70s, uFrank Rosenthal, obizwa nge "Lefty." Le nickname i-polukriminalny yinto efunyenwe enkundleni, ukwenqaba ukuphendula umbuzo, ukushiya kwesokunxele okanye ngokunene.
Isazi sezemidlalo esaziwayo uFrank Rosenthal satshattshwe nomdlali oswelekileyo owafa ngokugqithiseleyo kwinqanaba lebhokisi eliqhubekileyo. Ngesinye isikhathi, le ndoda enetalente ngemigangatho yakhe yaba ngumphathi wee-casino ezine ezinkulu kwiLas Vegas, esebenza phantsi kwe-Chicago mafia. Kwaye zonke iingeniso ukuba iibarabara kunye noomatshini obuniniweyo zanikezelwa ngokwenene kwinqanaba lezobugebengu. Ngelo xesha, "ootata" babenomdla kakhulu ngoRosenthal, baxabisa kakhulu ubuchule bakhe obubalaseleyo.
Kwifilimu, iziganeko ezininzi zithathwa ebomini bokwenene, kubandakanywa ukunyanzeliswa ngokugqithisileyo kumncintiswano, ukuphakama nokuhla kwebalinganiswa abakhulu. Okwenene kukuba i-casino inokusebenza ngaphandle kwelayisenisi ngexesha apho iKhomishoni yokuGembula iqwalasela isicelo somnini. Ukongezelela, kude kube seLas Vegas, abalawuli abaqeshweyo beendawo zokudlala badla ngokubaluleka. Yaye yonke imicimbi ibanjwe ngamashishini asobudlulileyo, amaninzi awo adibaniswe neentsapho zaseMafia eziphambili.
Ngokwahlukileyo, kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba emva kwangoko ukukhutshwa kwe-movie, kwii-casino ezininzi e-Nevada zazihlolisisa i-mass. Kwaye amapolisa aqala ngaphezu kweetyala ezili-12 ezinxulumene nokuphanga kunye nezicwangciso zobuqhetseba kumashishini okudlala. Ngalesi sihlandlo, abaninzi abanikazi be-casino babonise ukunganeliseki ngokuchazwa ngokuthe ngqo kwi-Scorsese "cuisine" yehlabathi elivuya.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba yintoni, ifilimu ethi "iCasino" ihlala iyimeleli ecacileyo ye "mafia" shishini lefilimu, elisoloko lithatha umbukeli ngemigca yembali ekhangayo kunye nokudlala oomatshini benkunkuma. Emva kokubhiyozela uneminyaka engama-12 ubudala, eli phephancwadi liqhubeka liqokelela abaphulaphuli abaninzi bebalandeli beqela le-gangster, eliphinde lisebenzise isitya esinobucayi kakhulu, esinexesha elinomdla wokudlala abadlali abakhulu.