Another Whyo called Piker Ryan was once caught with a detailed price list of all the gruesome deeds he could be hired to perform. This legendary mob came together in the s, when the Italian gangster Paul Kelly united the remaining members of the Dead Rabbits, Whyos and other Five Points gangs under his own banner. From his headquarters in the New Brighton Dance Hall, Kelly marshaled an army of 1, thugs in bloody turf wars with his archrivals, a Jewish gang run by the famed hood Monk Eastman.
The two groups engaged in constant brawls and once even squared off in a massive gun battle under the Second Avenue elevated train line. They also dabbled in legitimate front businesses and worked as strong-arm men for the corrupt Tammany Hall political machine.
A career criminal, Monk Eastman delighted in violence and was known to personally dish out beatings to his enemies. This hands-on approach proved to be his undoing in , when he was arrested and jailed for a simple street mugging. With their leader behind bars, the Eastmans splintered into several smaller, less powerful factions in the s.
Monk Eastman later enlisted in the armed forces and forged a legendary reputation fighting in the trenches of World War I. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Telegraph Operator Bill Murdoch Robber on Dock Angela Pleasence Gunboat Captain Bob Colletti Soldier in Mist Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Michele Bevilacqua Middle Class Man uncredited Salvatore Billa Native uncredited Max Biondi Irish Emigrant uncredited Riccardo Brex Man Selling Cigarettes uncredited Brennan Caitlin Hot Corn Girl uncredited Tony Campanozzi Scamiciato uncredited Trevor Cooper Man in Tweed's Office uncredited Claudio Coreno Student uncredited Blaise Corrigan Internee uncredited Katy Monique Cuomo Tweed's Whore uncredited Marco Del Cima Guy uncredited Johnny Egan Dead Rabbit Acolyte uncredited Massimiliano Fedeli Principal uncredited Marcello Fonte Citizen uncredited Helmut Hagen Receiver uncredited Eva Henger Daughter of Wealthy Homeowner uncredited Andrea Iaia Medical Student 2 uncredited Yoon C.
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Share this page:. Clear your history. Amsterdam Vallon. Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting. Jenny Everdeane. Johnny Sirocco. Walter 'Monk' McGinn. Reverend Raleigh as Alec Mccowen. Hell-Cat Maggie.
Young Amsterdam as Cian Mccormack. Young Johnny. O'Connell Guard Leader. Plug Uglies Leader as Rab Afleck.
Shirt Tails Leader. Chichesters Leader. Forty Thieves Leader. Calvinist Minister. Bill The Butcher's Gang 1. Barnum as P. Martin Scorsese. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. In the god-forsaken district of earlys Lower Manhattan known as the Five Points, the vicious Nativist, Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, is the supreme overlord of an area riddled with crime, prostitution, theft and murder, as the American Civil War still rages on.
Sixteen whole years after the brutal murder of his father from Bill's blood-stained hands, an orphaned Irish-American, Amsterdam Vallon, returns to this melting pot of corruption to avenge his untimely death; however, a lot has changed since then.
Who can remember the once-innocent boy and now a young man bent on revenge, who works his way up to the hierarchy of Five Points? Will Amsterdam ever taste the dangerous but sweet fruit of retribution? Freedom was born in the streets. Did you know Edit. Day-Lewis learned to tap his fake eye with the tip of a knife without blinking. Goofs When the competing fire companies arrive at the house fire, one fireman wears modern-day fireman's pants.
He may be a real-life firefighter, in the scene as a safety precaution. Quotes Amsterdam Vallon : When you kill a king, you don't stab him in the dark.
Crazy credits Noises from the modern day New York streets play over the second half of the closing credits. User reviews 1. Top review. Powerful performance by Daniel Day-Lewis. The movie is a must watch classic which displays the birth of America and yes through bloody violence and brawls. The movie displays the greatnesses of Martin Scorsese and his imagination and scope to take out the best from a simple revenge plot.
Acting should be appreciated by all the characters but Daniel Day-Lewis steals the show by his brutal violence in a gentle way.
The screenplay of the movie is slow but captivating and hold the viewers.
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