
"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." -- Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955.
Plot outline
Personal notes
Cast
- Robert De Niro
- Ray Liotta
- Joe Pesci
- Lorraine Bracco
- Paul Sorvino
- Frank Sivero
- Tony Darrow
- Mike Starr
- Frank Vincent
- Chuck Low
- Frank DiLeo
- Henny Youngman
- Gina Mastrogiacomo
- Catherine Scorsese
- Charles Scorsese
- Suzanne Shepherd
- Debi Mazar
- Margo Winkler
- Welker White
- Jerry Vale
- Julie Garfield
- Christopher Serrone
- Elaine Kagan
- Beau Starr
- Kevin Corrigan
- Michael Imperioli
- Robbie Vinton
- Johnny Williams
- Daniel P. Conte
- Tony Conforti
- Frank Pellegrino
- Ronald Maccone
- Tony Sirico
- Joseph D'Onofrio
- Steve Forleo
- Richard Dioguardi
- Frank Adonis
- John Manca
- Joseph Bono
- Katherine Wallach
- Mark Jacobs
- Angela Pietropinto
- Marianne Leone
- Marie Michaels
- LoNardo
- Melissa Prophet
- Illeana Douglas
- Susan Varon
- Elizabeth Whitcraft
- Clem Caserta
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Fran McGee
- Paul Herman
- Edward McDonald
- Edward Hayes
- Daniela Barbosa
- Gina Mattia
- Joel Calendrillo
- Anthony Valentin
- Edward D. Murphy
- Michael Citriniti
- Peter Hock
- Erasmus C. Alfano
- John Di Benedetto
- Manny Alfaro
- Thomas Lowry
- Margaret Smith
- Richard Mullally
- Frank Albanese
- Paul McIsaac
- Bob Golub
- Louis Eppolito
- Tony Lip
- Mikey Black
- Peter Cicale
- Anthony Powers
- Vincent Pastore
- Anthony Alessandro
- Victor Colicchio
- Mike Contessa
- Philip Suriano
- Paul Mougey
- Norman Barbera
- Anthony Polemeni
- James Quattrochi
- Lawrence Sacco
- Dino Laudicina
- Thomas E. Camuti
- Andrew Scudiero
- Irving Welzer
- Jesse Kirtzman
- Russell Halley
- Spencer Bradley
- Bob Altman
- Joanna Bennett
- Gayle Lewis
- Gaetano Lisi
- Luke Walter
- Ed Deacy
- Larry Silvestri
- John 'Cha Cha' Ciarcia
- Vito Picone
- Janis Corsair
- Frank Aquilino
- Lisa D'Apolito
- Michael Calandrino
- Vito Antuofermo
- Vito Balsamo
- Peter Fain
- Vincent Gallo
- Gaetano LoGiudice
- Garry Pastore
- Nicole Burdette
- Stella Keitel
- Dominique DeVito
- Michaelangelo Graziano
- Paula Kcira
- Nadine Kay
- Tony Ellis
- Peter Onorati
- Jamie De Roy
- Joel Blake
- H. Clay Dear
- Thomas Hewson
- Gene Canfield
- Margaux Guerard
- Violet Gaynor
- Tobin Bell
- Berlinda Tolbert
- Nancy Cassaro
- Adam Wandt
- Joe Gioco
- Isiah Whitlock Jr.
- Alyson Jones
- Ruby Gaynor
- Bo Dietl
- Steve Baker
- Lisa Bostnar
- Linda Carola
- Anthony Caso
- Frank Cassini
- Doug Ferony
- George Gerard
- Matthew T. Gitkin
- Richard Goteri
- Debbee Hinchcliffe
- Al Jolson
- Diane Kimbrell
- Anibal O. Lleras
- Joseph Oliveira
- Charles Pendelton
- Louis Perez
- Jeffrey Rollins
- Robert Sedona
- Jill Senter
- Barry Squitieri
- Drew Stanley
- Frank Stellato
- Billy L. Sullivan
- Nick Vallelonga
Plots
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy?
This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960's and 70's New York. Henry Hill is a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Tommy DeVito is a purebred gangster, who turns out to be Henry's best friend. Jimmy Conway puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.
The story of Irish-Italian American, Henry Hill, and how he lives day-to-day life as a member of the Mafia. Based on a true story, the plot revolves around Henry and his two unstable friends Jimmy and Tommy as they gradually climb the ladder from petty crime to violent murders.
The lowly, blue-collar side of New York's Italian mafia is explored in this crime biopic of wiseguy Henry Hill. As he makes his way from strapping young petty criminal, to big-time thief, to middle-aged cocaine addict and dealer, the film explores in detail the rules and traditions of organized crime. Watching the rise and fall of Hill and his two counterparts, the slick jack-of-all-trades criminal Jimmy Conway and the brutish, intimidating Tommy DeVito, this true story realistically explores the core, blue-collar part of the mob.