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Bugsy Malone

A one-of-a-kind gangster musical featuring an all-kid cast, Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone substitutes whipped cream for machine guns and bullets to tell the story of the titular kiddee crook and his rise up the criminal ladder in 1920s New York. Scott Baio and Jodie Foster lead a troupe of pint-sized performers, dancing and lip-syncing to memorable tunes by Paul Williams. You’ve never seen anything like it!

Bugsy Malone is like nothing else. It’s an original, a charming one, and it has yet another special performance by Jodie Foster” – Roger Ebert

“A rare, original, tuneful, lighthearted, charming and preposterously innocent family film” – Charles Champlin, Los Angeles Times

“The songs and set pieces are still fresh and infectious and most of the child cast are mesmerizingly good. I defy anyone not to be caught up in the charm” – Alan Morrison, Empire Magazine

Marc Edward Heuck writes about Bugsy Malone on the New Beverly blog.

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