Vegas, City of Dreams is a drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 film released in 2001. The film stars Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker is an American film actor, perhaps best known for his roles as a Mafia hitman in Charley Varrick, deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in Final Justice, real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, brute force with a badge detective Mitchell in Mitchell, James...

, Daniel Benzali

Daniel Benzali

Daniel Benzali is a Brazilian-American stage, television and film actor.-Biography:Benzali was born in Rio de Janeiro to Brazilian Jewish parents...

, Carlos Bernard

Carlos Bernard

Carlos Bernard is an American actor, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24.-Biography:Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after attending Illinois State University.He performed in A.C.T...

, and Erika Eleniak

Erika Eleniak

Erika Eleniak is an American Playboy Playmate and actress, perhaps best known for her role in Baywatch as Shauni McClain. She also starred in the films Under Siege and The Beverly Hillbillies.-Early life:...

.

Film synopsis

When the body of Gabrielle Garrett (Carrie Stevens

Carrie Stevens

Carrie Stevens is an American model and actress. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in June 1997.Stevens grew up in Hardwick, Massachusetts and studied journalism at Memphis State University....

) is found on Lake Mead

Lake Mead

Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States. It is located on the Colorado River about southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona. Formed by water impounded by the Hoover Dam, it extends behind the dam, holding approximately of water.-History:The lake was...

 on a Christmas

Christmas

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 day, the coroner

Coroner

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 rules it as suicide

Suicide

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. However, her three sisters (Eleniak, Brenda Epperson Doumani, Monika Schnarre

Monika Schnarre

Monika Schnarre is a Canadian model, actress, and television host.A native of Scarborough, Ontario, Schnarre was discovered by Toronto's Judy Welch Modeling agency. She achieved international recognition at the age of 14 when she won the Ford Models "Supermodel of the World" contest in 1986,...

) begin their own investigation, which leads them to Byron Lloyd (John Taylor) and the dark Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

 underworld.

Cast

• Joe Don Baker
  Joe Don Baker
  Joe Don Baker is an American film actor, perhaps best known for his roles as a Mafia hitman in Charley Varrick, deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in Final Justice, real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, brute force with a badge detective Mitchell in Mitchell, James...
  
   as Dylan Garrett
• Daniel Benzali
  Daniel Benzali
  Daniel Benzali is a Brazilian-American stage, television and film actor.-Biography:Benzali was born in Rio de Janeiro to Brazilian Jewish parents...
  
   as Dr. Sigmund Stein
• Carlos Bernard
  Carlos Bernard
  Carlos Bernard is an American actor, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24.-Biography:Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after attending Illinois State University.He performed in A.C.T...
  
   as Chico Escovedo
• Erika Eleniak
  Erika Eleniak
  Erika Eleniak is an American Playboy Playmate and actress, perhaps best known for her role in Baywatch as Shauni McClain. She also starred in the films Under Siege and The Beverly Hillbillies.-Early life:...
  
   as Katherine Garrett
• Brenda Epperson Doumani as Brenda Garrett
• Monika Schnarre
  Monika Schnarre
  Monika Schnarre is a Canadian model, actress, and television host.A native of Scarborough, Ontario, Schnarre was discovered by Toronto's Judy Welch Modeling agency. She achieved international recognition at the age of 14 when she won the Ford Models "Supermodel of the World" contest in 1986,...
  
   as Jessica Garrett
• Carrie Stevens
  Carrie Stevens
  Carrie Stevens is an American model and actress. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in June 1997.Stevens grew up in Hardwick, Massachusetts and studied journalism at Memphis State University....
  
   as Gabrielle Garrett

External links

• Vegas, City of Dreams at Rotten Tomatoes
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