Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: December 14, 2002
Runtime: 168 minutes
Genres: Drama, History, Crime
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 7.3/10 (6769 votes)
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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
Rab Affleck
Plug Uglies Leader
Nick Bartlett
Chichesters Leader
Robert Goodman
Forty Thieves Leader
Tim Pigott-Smith
Calvinist Minister
Liam Carney
Bill The Butcher's Gang #1
Ilaria D'Elia
Jenny's Girl
Ford Kiernan
Black Joke Chief
Dominique Vandenberg
Dead Rabbit Gang Member
Stuart Yung Sai-Kit
Chinese at Sparrow's 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 Schermerhorn
Iain McColl
Condemned Man (Seamus)
John Sessions
Harry Watkins / Lincoln
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Mr. Legree
Alexia Murray
Topsy
Flaminia Fegarotti
Miss Eliza
Eliane Chappuis
Chinese Whore
Kathy Shao-Lin Lee
Chinese Dancer
Peter Berling
Knife Act Caller
Brendan Dempsey
Provost Marshal Registrar
Nazzareno Natale
Don Whiskerandos
Richard Syms
Drunken Repeater
Gerry Robert Byrne
Draft Official
Tim Faraday
Plug Uglies Leader
Sean McGinley
Forty Thieves Leader
Terry O'Neill
Chichesters Leader
Nick Miles
Atlantic Guard Leader
Ian Pirie
Slaughter Housers Leader
Leo Burmester
Telegraph Operator #1 (voice)
Angela Pleasence
Woman Accomplice
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