Storyline
A pint-sized cast illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, Bugsy Malone captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster dances and sings her way into our hearts.
Directors
Cast
Dexter Fletcher, Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, John Cassisi, Martin Lev, Paul Murphy, Sheridan Earl Russell, Albin 'Humpty' Jenkins, Paul Chirelstein, Andrew Paul, Davidson Knight, Michael Jackson, Jeff Stevenson, Peter Holder, Donald Waugh, Michael Kirkby, Jon Zebrowski, Jorge Valdez, John Rafter Lee, Bonnie Langford, Louise English, Mark Curry
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Reviews
100
The Telegraph
Writer-director Alan Parker's utterly delightful, tongue-in-cheek love letter to the gangster genre.
90
It’s a brave, funny and winning pic which is nearly – but regrettably not quite – a triumph.
88
In an uncanny way the movie works as a gangster movie and we remember that the old Bogart and Cagney classics had a childlike innocence, too. The world was simpler then. Now it's so complicated maybe only a kid can still understand the Bogart role.
80
Empire
The songs and set pieces are still fresh and infectious and most of the child cast are mesmerisingly good. I defy anyone not to be caught up in the charm and nostalgia.
70
Newsweek
A perversely appealing apotheosis of cuteness. Almost inadvertently, the film becomes an ultimate comment on American innocence that can only refresh itself by regression. The unseen patron saint of Parker's stylish movie is not Little Caesar but Humbert Humbert. [27 Sept 1976, p.89]
