Billy Bathgate

Director Robert Benton ("Kramer vs. Kramer") adapted this superb gangster drama from the acclaimed novel by E.L. Doctorow. Dustin Hoffman stars as legendary mob boss Dutch Schultz, who takes an enterprising and talented young Bronx kid (Loren Dean) under his criminal wing during the waning days of his illegal empire. Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci and Steven Hill costar.