New York gangster Ben Bugsy Siegel takes a brief business trip ... In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home.

A gangster movie in which all the gangsters are played ... The story tells of the rise of Bugsy Malone and the battle for power between Fat Sam and Dandy Dan.

The musical, by Alan Parker, set during the Prohibition era, tells the story of a gang war between Dandy Dan and Fat Sam.