America was born in the streets.
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
- 7.3
- 2002
- Released
- 2h 48m
Leonardo DiCaprio
Amsterdam Vallon
Daniel Day-Lewis
Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting
Cameron Diaz
Jenny Everdeane
Jim Broadbent
Boss Tweed
John C. Reilly
Happy Jack
Henry Thomas
Johnny Sirocco
Liam Neeson
'Priest' Vallon
Brendan Gleeson
Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Gary Lewis
McGloin
Stephen Graham
Shang
Eddie Marsan
Killoran
Alec McCowen
Reverend Raleigh
David Hemmings
Mr. Schermerhorn
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Jimmy Spoils
Cara Seymour
Hell-Cat Maggie
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
P.T. Barnum
Peter-Hugo Daly
One-Armed Priest
Cian McCormack
Young AmsterdamAndrew Gallagher
Young JohnnyPhilip Kirk
O'Connell Guard Leader
Rab Affleck
Plug Uglies LeaderBill Barclay
Shirt Tails Leader
Nick Bartlett
Chichesters Leader
Robert Goodman
Forty Thieves Leader
Tim Pigott-Smith
Calvinist Minister
Liam Carney
Bill The Butcher's Gang #1Gary McCormack
Bill The Butcher's Gang #2David McBlain
Bill The Butcher's Gang #3Dick Holland
True Blue American SpeakerKatherine Wallach
Jenny's GirlCarmen Hanlon
Jenny's Girl
Ilaria D'Elia
Jenny's GirlLaurie Ventry
Resident Woman
Ford Kiernan
Black Joke ChiefAlec McMahon
Resident ManNevan Finegan
Dead Rabbit Gang Member
Dominique Vandenberg
Dead Rabbit Gang Member
Stuart Yung Sai-Kit
Chinese at Sparrow's PagodaBasil Chung
Elderly Chinese at Pagoda
Finbar Furey
Satan's Circus Singer
Sean Gilder
Rat Pit Game Master
Richard Graham
Card Player (Harvey)
Richard Strange
Undertaker
David Bamber
Passenger on Omnibus
Barbara Bouchet
Mrs. Schermerhorn
Michael Byrne
Horace Greeley
Lucy Davenport
Miss SchermerhornAlex Howden
Assistant HangmanJames Ramsay
Condemned Man (Arthur)
Iain McColl
Condemned Man (Seamus)Louie Brownsell
Legless SoldierGennaro Condemi
She-HeKieran Hurley
Recruiter
John Sessions
Harry Watkins / LincolnSteven Blake
Mr. Shelby
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Mr. Legree
Alexia Murray
Topsy
Flaminia Fegarotti
Miss ElizaChanning C. Holmes
Tap Dancer
Eliane Chappuis
Chinese WhoreRoberta Quaresima
Whore #1Marta Pilato
Whore #2Jian Su
Chinese AcrobatMan Cao
Chinese General
Kathy Shao-Lin Lee
Chinese DancerAlexander Deng
Chinese Boy Singer
Peter Berling
Knife Act CallerPatrick Gordon
SurgeonBrendan White
Archbishop
Brendan Dempsey
Provost Marshal RegistrarTaddeo Harbutt
Unruly Man
Nazzareno Natale
Don WhiskerandosColin Hill
Nativist CandidateRobert Linge
One-Armed Veteran
Richard Syms
Drunken RepeaterChristian Burgess
The Mayor
Gerry Robert Byrne
Draft OfficialDavid J. Nicholls
O'Connell Guard Leader
Tim Faraday
Plug Uglies Leader
Sean McGinley
Forty Thieves LeaderJohn Anthony Murphy
Kerryonians Leader
Terry O'Neill
Chichesters LeaderVincent Pickering
American Guard Leader
Nick Miles
Atlantic Guard Leader
Ian Pirie
Slaughter Housers LeaderJohn McGlynn
Bowery Boys Leader
Leo Burmester
Telegraph Operator #1 (voice)Justin Brennan
Telegraph Operator #2 (voice)Brian Mallon
Telegraph Operator #3 (voice)Joel Strachan
Telegraph OperatorBill Murdoch
Robber on Dock
Angela Pleasence
Woman AccompliceIain Agnew
General Wool
Trevor Cooper
Man in Tweed's Office (uncredited)
Massimo Vanni
Bar Bouncer (uncredited)
Salvatore Billa
Native (uncredited)
Marcello Fonte
Citizen (uncredited)
Vincenzo Tanassi
Fireman (uncredited)
Paolo Lorimer
Tammany Man (uncredited)
Michele Bevilacqua
Middle Class Man (uncredited)
Franco Venditti
Coach (uncredited)
Katy Monique Cuomo
Tweed's Whore (uncredited)
Pietro Torrisi
Priest's Gang Member (uncredited)
Corrado Scalia
Rapist (uncredited)
Loretta Rossi Stuart
Dead Rabbit Gang Member (uncredited)
Mauro Cremonini
Internee (uncredited)
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)
Arnaldo Dell'Acqua
Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)
Alberto Dell'Acqua
Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)
Franco Daddi
Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)
Virgilio Ponti
Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)
Clemente Ukmar
Priest's Gang Member (uncredited)
Patrizio Pelizzi
Italian Emigrant (uncredited)
Raffaella Ponzo
Johnny's Girlfriend
Released
en
$100,000,000.00
$193,772,504.00
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- #immigrant
- #ship
- #fire
- #army
- #pickpocket
- #pig
- #gangster
- #irish-american
- #gang war
- #gang of thieves
- #butcher
- #gang
- #19th century
- #grim
- #1860s
- #american history
- #new york city history
Reviews
I recall meeting Daniel Day-Lewis some years ago, he had just stepped from his motor bike and proved to be a charming, engaging man extremely far removed from the racist and odious "Bill the Butcher" character he so expertly creates in this hard, gritty and brutal depiction of the almost tribal existences lived by many in 1860s New York. Leonardo di Caprio ("Vallon") arrives in that city's Five Po