Billy Bathgate1991
Billy Bathgate (1991)
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Cast
as Dutch Schultz
as Drew Preston
as Billy Bathgate
as Bo Weinberg
as Otto Berman
as Irving
as Mickey
as Lulu
as Dixie Davis
as Lucky Luciano
as Julie Martin
as Jack Kelly
as Mr. Hines
as Mary Behan
as Rebecca
as Arnold
as Billy's Gang Member
as Billy's Gang Member
as Billy's Gang Member
as Luciano Thug
as Billy's Gang Member
as Hotel Manager
as Dutch's Thug
as 2nd Bell Hop
as Dutch's Thug
as Billy's Gang Member
as Supervisor
as George
as Fire Inspector
as Billy's Gang Member
as Harvey Preston
as Father McInerny
as Banker
as Harvey's Friend
as Carter
as Charlotte
as Bell Boy
as Judge
as Mr. Chambers
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Embassy Club Singer
as Bartender
as Woman at Table
as Tote Man
as Racetrack Program Seller
as 1st Bell Hop
as 2nd Bell Hop
as News Vendor
as Bingo Winner
as Auctioneer
as Farmer
as Woman at Bake Sale
as Chophouse Bartender
as Hitman
as Hitman
as Hitman
as Hitman
as Hitman
as Luciano Thug
as Luciano Thug
as Luciano Thug
as Luciano Thug
as Man in Window
as Newsboy
Critic Reviews for Billy Bathgate
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Despite Dean's alert, open performance, Billy remains an opaque witness to events that are unfolding over his head. Hoffman's performance also is problematic.
Despite a Tom Stoppard script and diligent direction, EL Doctorow's novel about a youngster's experience of the life and times of Dutch Schultz seldom takes off as a movie.
Billy Bathgate isn't an embarrassment, but it's a puzzle. Watching it, you can't locate the passion that drew the filmmakers to it in the first place.
The story sounds promising, yet there's a joyless, dutiful air to everything that happens.
Billy Bathgate isn't an awful film, it's just an empty, terribly conventional $40 million exercise.
Despite the shaggy dog sense of fun, Bathgate fades before you've left your seat.
Audience Reviews for Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate should be much more exciting and gritty than it is. The story of Dutch Schultz and his decline offers a wealth of material for Hollywood to make a competent gangster film. Instead, Billy Bathgate focuses more on Schultz's protege, and his brief love interest in Nicole Kidman. This succeeds in making the movie boring at times.That said, Dustin Hoffman was excellent as Schultz, and Bruce Willis was effective as well, though ultimately wasted. Hoffman and the excellent world building, the most realistic depiction of 1930s New York I've seen, are why I ultimately enjoyed it, despite its' prominent flaws.
Super Reviewer
I don't remember too much about it now but my lingering impression is that it was better than I expected for yet another gangster yarn, plus there's always bonus points for Nicole Kidman skinnydipping.
Super Reviewer
A strangely unfulfilling gangster movie. One would expect a greater film considering the all star cast.
Super Reviewer
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