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Bugsy Malone is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alan Parker released in USA on 15 september 1976 with Scott Baio
Bugsy Malone (1976)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 september 1976
Length 1h33
Directed by Alan Parker
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about children, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Gangster films
Rating67%
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 British musical gangster film, directed by Alan Parker and featuring only child actors. Set in New York, the film is loosely based on events from the early 1920s to 1931 during Prohibition, specifically the exploits of real-life gangsters like Al Capone and Bugs Moran, as dramatized in cinema. Parker lightened the subject matter considerably for the children's market; in the U.S. the film received a G rating.
The film was Parker's feature-length directorial debut, introduced actor Scott Baio, and featured a 13-year old Jodie Foster.
Synopsis
A mobster named Roxy Robinson is "splurged" by members of a gang, using rapid-fire custard-shooting "splurge guns". Once splurged, a kid is "all washed up... finished". Speakeasy boss Fat Sam introduces himself and Bugsy Malone, a boxing promoter with no money ("Bugsy Malone").Actors
Scott Baio
(Bugsy Malone)
Florrie Dugger
(Blousey)
Jodie Foster
(Tallulah)
John Cassisi
(Fat Sam)
Martin Lev
(Dandy Dan)
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