# Billy Bathgate (1991)

> A teenager enters the glamorous but lethal orbit of a 1930s New York gangster and discovers the cost of belonging.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7276

## Facts

- Runtime: 106 min
- Genres: Crime
- Director: Robert Benton
- Cast: Loren Dean, Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Steven Hill, Billy Jaye
- TMDB rating: 5.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101453/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: brooding, serious, morally uneasy, crime movie night, period drama evening

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