Billy Bathgate Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Benton
Genres: Crime
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In this film version of E._L._Doctorow's -Billy Bathgate, Loren_Dean plays the title character, a street-smart kid who inveigles his way into the confidence of 1930s gangster Dutch Schultz (Dustin_Hoffman). Billy is ordered to look after Schultz' new moll, Drew Preston (Nicole_Kidman), while Dutch fends off tax evasion charges and such up-and-coming rivals as Lucky Luciano (Stanley_Tucci). Even though they know they're playing with dynamite, Billy and Drew fall in love. In attempting to escape Schultz' wrath, Billy succeeds only in putting himself in the thick of a gun battle between his boss and Luciano. When "Charley Lucky" emerges triumphant, Billy is forced once again to rely on his wits to escape being sent to the bottom of the briny in a cement overcoat. Bruce_Willis shows up in an extended cameo as Dutch Schultz' former business associate. Billy Bathgate was adapted for the screen by British playwright Tom_Stoppard. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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