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Billy Bathgate

"In 1935, a New York kid was looking for a hero. He found Dutch Schultz."

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Top Cast

  • Loren Dean

    Loren Dean

    Billy Bathgate

  • Dustin Hoffman

    Dustin Hoffman

    Dutch Schultz

  • Nicole Kidman

    Nicole Kidman

    Drew Preston

  • Bruce Willis

    Bruce Willis

    Bo Weinberg

  • Steve Buscemi

    Steve Buscemi

    Irving

  • Stanley Tucci

    Stanley Tucci

    Lucky Luciano

  • Steven Hill

    Steven Hill

    Otto Berman

  • Billy Jaye

    Billy Jaye

    Mickey

  • John Costelloe

    John Costelloe

    Lulu

Overview

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Rating

5.8 / 10
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Feb 9, 2023

    Dustin Hoffman is "Dutch" an aspiring gangster in 1930s New York's City. Together with the business savvy "Otto" (Steven Hill) and a little help from the suave "Bo" (Bruce Willis) he sets out to carve out an empire for himself. Along the way, "Otto" alights on the keen youngster "Billy" (Loren Dean) who soon becomes a part of their operation discovering that there is a life of wealth and opportunity to be had, but that life has it's dark, violent and dangerous side too. What now ensues is authentic looking, flash cars and spiv suits - but the actual execution of the story is really very dull. Willis appears only briefly (though I really did like his footwear) and Nicole Kidman offers the romantic interest for both Hoffman and Dean for a while. The narrative is disjointed. The film flows like glue with too many short, episodic, scenarios that lack any sense of peril or menace, before an ending that though historical fact is really underwhelming. Nobody's finest hour, this film.

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