---
title: 'Billy Bathgate (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Benton'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/billy-bathgate-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101453/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Billy Bathgate (1991)

1991 · 102 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Billy Bathgate is a 1991 American gangster film directed by Robert Benton, starring Loren Dean as the title character and Dustin Hoffman as real-life gangster Dutch Schultz. The film co-stars Nicole Kidman, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi and Bruce Willis. Although Billy is a fictional character, at least four of the other characters in the film are real people. The screenplay was adapted by British writer Tom Stoppard from E.L. Doctorow's 1989 novel of the same name. Doctorow distanced himself from the film for the extensive deviations from the book. It received negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, only grossing $15.5 million against its $48 million budget.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Robert F. Colesberry](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-f-colesberry)
- **Director:** [Robert Benton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-benton)
- **Screenplay:** [Tom Stoppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-stoppard)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Isham](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-isham)
- **Director of Photography:** [Néstor Almendros](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-almendros)
- **Editor:** [Alan Heim](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-heim)

## Cast

- [Loren Dean](https://cinepixo.com/people/loren-dean)
- [Todd Louiso](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-louiso)
- [Nicole Kidman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-kidman)
- [Steve Buscemi](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-buscemi)
- [Stanley Tucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-tucci)
- [Paul Herman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-herman)
- [Steven Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-hill)
- [Frances Conroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-conroy)
- [Katharine Houghton](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharine-houghton)
- [Mike Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-starr)
- [Dustin Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dustin-hoffman)
- [Robert F. Colesberry](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-f-colesberry)
- [Moira Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/moira-kelly)
- [Kevin Corrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-corrigan)

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