| Billy Bathgate | |
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| Directed by | Robert Benton |
| Screenplay by | Tom Stoppard |
| Based on | Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow |
| Produced by | Robert F. Colesbury Arlene Donovan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Néstor Almendros |
| Edited by | Alan Heim David Ray Robert M. Reitano |
| Music by | Mark Isham |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $48 million[1] |
| Box office | $15.5 million[1] |
Billy Bathgate is a 1991 American biographical 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, grossing a mere $15.5 million against its $48 million budget.
- ^ a b "Billy Bathgate". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2020-12-20.