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Quick Info

Rating

6.6/10

Release1976

Runtime1h 33m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Goodtimes Enterprises

Bugsy Malone Productions

Robert Stigwood Organization

National Film Trustee Company

The Rank Organisation

Paramount Pictures

Movie

Bugsy Malone

1976

1h 33m

6.6

Drama

Action

Comedy

Music

Family

Synopsis

New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge gun". As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone, an all-round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam's speakeasy. His designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Tallulah who wants Bugsy for herself.

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