Bugsy Malone (1976)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Alan Parker

Writer:

Alan Parker (writer)

Release Date:

15 September 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Family | Musical

Tagline:

Quite simply there has never ever been a movie like it

Plot:

A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use "splurge guns" that cover the victim in cream...

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Children | Boxing | Nightclub | Great Depression

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Scott Baio	...	Bugsy Malone
Florrie Dugger	...	Blousey Brown
Jodie Foster	...	Tallulah
John Cassisi	...	Fat Sam
Martin Lev	...	Dandy Dan
Paul Murphy	...	Leroy Smith / Gangster
Sheridan Earl Russell	...	Knuckles (as Sheridan Russell)
Albin 'Humpty' Jenkins	...	Fizzy
Paul Chirelstein	...	Smolsky / Boxer
Andrew Paul	...	O'Dreary
Davidson Knight	...	Cagey Joe
Michael Jackson	...	Razamataz
Jeffrey Stevens	...	Louis
Peter Holder	...	Ritzy
Donald Waugh	...	Snake Eyes

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Black Park Country Park, Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Robert Stigwood Organisation Ltd.

Trivia:

All of the cast were 16 or under at the time of filming.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: On the region 4 DVD front cover, it credits Florrie Dugger as Florrie Gugger.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Fat Sam: Someone once said it was raining brains; Roxy Robinson wouldn't even get wet. Roxy had spent his whole life making two and two into five, but he could smell trouble like other people could smell gas. But believe you's me, he should've never taken that blind alley by the side of Parido's Bakery. Whatever game it was everybody was playing, sure as eggs is eggs, Roxy the Weasel had been scrambled.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Doctor Who: Daleks in Manhattan (#3.4)" (2007)

Timeless

Like all period films this is timeless. It is characterised by the fun and enthusiasm shown by the young cast (average age 12). Who wouldn't have wanted to join in. Films don't have to be grand with big budgets to entertain. I read somewhere once that the film was shot with an amazingly low number of re-takes. An indication of how easy it can be to work with children. Of all films made with a cast of only children this one has to be the best. A film which I go to see whenever I find it showing somewhere. Excellent stuff for the big kids (like me) around.