FEATURE FILM

Billy Bathgate

5.8/10
TMDB254 votes
1991Original: English106 min

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

Genres: Crime
Cast: Loren Dean, Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi

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THE STORY & THE PEOPLE

About Billy Bathgate

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

Billy Bathgate (1991) is a film in the crime genres. Directed by Robert Benton. The cast includes Loren Dean, Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis.

Released
1991-11-01
Original language
English
Runtime
106 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Touchstone Pictures
Directors
Robert Benton
Writers
Tom Stoppard

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Audience reviews

5.8/10 from 254 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

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…

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

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Loren Dean, Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci. See the cast cards above for character names.

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