was sentenced to 12 years and four months imprisonment. In popular culture The character Dominick "Dom" Santoro in the 1995 film Casino is based on Michael Spilotro, and played by Philip Suriano. Dominick is shown assisting his older brother Nicky and his crew in beating up a man outside a bar, spitting in a police officer's sandwich, and later shooting up a cop's home in revenge for the death of a crew member. In the infamous cornfield scene at the film's climax, Dominick is the first of the brothers to be brutally beaten by Frank Marino and the rest of their crew while Nicky is forced to watch. When Nicky pleads for Dominick's life, Marino spitefully lands two particularly vicious blows to Dominick's head, leaving Dominick only barely conscious as he is thrown into the hole to be buried alive with Nicky moments later. See also List of solved missing person cases References Sources The Enforcer: Spilotro-The Chicago Mob's Man in Las Vegas by William F. Roemer, Jr. Honolulu Star Bulletin Vol. 12 Issue 175 "Maui fest shows film stars under the stars" John Heckathorn "Mistress Humiliates Marcello" The Chicago Sun Times Steve Warmbir August 3, 2007 Doctor At Mob Trial Says Spilotros Beaten To Death by Chicago Associated Press External links Michael Peter "Micky" Spilotro at Find A Grave 1944 births 1980s missing person cases 1986 deaths 1986 murders in the United States 20th-century American male actors American burglars American male television actors Burials in Illinois Burials in Indiana Chicago Outfit mobsters Deaths by beating in the United States Formerly missing people Male murder victims Missing person cases in Illinois Murdered American gangsters of Italian descent People murdered by the Chicago Outfit People murdered in Illinois People of Apulian descent