Billy Bathgate | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | February 10, 2016
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The story contains nuggets of charm but it meanders too long and you cannot help but lose interest. Nicole Kidman has a rare lack of charm.
| genre | Crime | History |
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| synopsis | In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz. |
| lead actors | Dustin Hoffman | Nicole Kidman | Loren Dean | Bruce Willis | Steve Buscemi | Stanley Tucci |
| director | Robert Benton |