Storyline
In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.
Released
12/14/2002
Runtime
2h 48min
Director
Budget
$100,000,000
Revenue
$193,800,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Miramax, Touchstone Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group, Alberto Grimaldi Productions
Cast
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 Amsterdam
Andrew Gallagher
Young Johnny
Philip Kirk
O'Connell Guard Leader
Rab Affleck
Plug Uglies Leader
Bill 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 #1
Gary McCormack
Bill The Butcher's Gang #2
David McBlain
Bill The Butcher's Gang #3
Dick Holland
True Blue American Speaker
Katherine Wallach
Jenny's Girl
Carmen Hanlon
Jenny's Girl
Ilaria D'Elia
Jenny's Girl
Laurie Ventry
Resident Woman
Ford Kiernan
Black Joke Chief
Alec McMahon
Resident Man
Nevan Finegan
Dead Rabbit Gang Member
Dominique Vandenberg
Dead Rabbit Gang Member
Stuart Yung Sai-Kit
Chinese at Sparrow's Pagoda
Basil 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
Douglas Plasse
Medical Student
R. Bruce Steinheimer
Army Recruiter
David Bamber
Passenger on Omnibus
Barbara Bouchet
Mrs. Schermerhorn
Michael Byrne
Horace Greeley
Lucy Davenport
Miss Schermerhorn
Maura O'Connell
Street Singer
Alex Howden
Assistant Hangman
James Ramsay
Condemned Man (Arthur)
Iain McColl
Condemned Man (Seamus)
Louie Brownsell
Legless Soldier
Gennaro Condemi
She-He
Kieran Hurley
Recruiter
John Sessions
Harry Watkins / Lincoln
Michael Billingsley
Uncle Tom
Steven Blake
Mr. Shelby
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Mr. Legree
Alexia Murray
Topsy
Flaminia Fegarotti
Miss Eliza
Bronco McLoughlin
Assassin
Channing C. Holmes
Tap Dancer
Eliane Chappuis
Chinese Whore
Roberta Quaresima
Whore #1
Marta Pilato
Whore #2
Jian Su
Chinese Acrobat
Man Cao
Chinese General
Kathy Shao-Lin Lee
Chinese Dancer
Alexander Deng
Chinese Boy Singer
Peter Berling
Knife Act Caller
Patrick Gordon
Surgeon
Brendan White
Archbishop
Brendan Dempsey
Provost Marshal Registrar
Taddeo Harbutt
Unruly Man
Nazzareno Natale
Don Whiskerandos
Colin Hill
Nativist Candidate
Robert Linge
One-Armed Veteran
Richard Syms
Drunken Repeater
Christian Burgess
The Mayor
Gerry Robert Byrne
Draft Official
David J. Nicholls
O'Connell Guard Leader
Tim Faraday
Plug Uglies Leader
Sean McGinley
Forty Thieves Leader
John Anthony Murphy
Kerryonians Leader
Terry O'Neill
Chichesters Leader
Vincent Pickering
American Guard Leader
Nick Miles
Atlantic Guard Leader
Ian Pirie
Slaughter Housers Leader
John McGlynn
Bowery Boys Leader
Larry Kaplan
Bloodied Bureaucrat
Leo Burmester
Telegraph Operator #1 (voice)
Justin Brennan
Telegraph Operator #2 (voice)
Brian Mallon
Telegraph Operator #3 (voice)
Joseph P. Reidy
Police Chief
Joel Strachan
Telegraph Operator
Bill Murdoch
Robber on Dock
Angela Pleasence
Woman Accomplice
Iain Agnew
General Wool
Michael Hausman
Gunboat Captain
Bob Colletti
Soldier in Mist
Martin Scorsese
Wealthy Homeowner (uncredited)
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)