Statements made by arthur dutch schultz flegenheimer were taken down by a newark police stenographer, f. The tale of dutch schultzs lost treasure takes one into the heart of the catskills and into the small community of phoenicia. With james gregory, john dennis, ken lynch, jack kruschen. With vic morrow, leslie parrish, peter breck, norman alden. His father was a saloonkeeper who abandoned the family at 14, never to be heard from again.
Mobster dutch schultz found refuge at dominick petrillis newburgh home. On january 24, 1931 all hell broke loose in the club abby when the dutch schultz and waxey gordon mobs collided. Soon after his fathers departure, schultz left school, purportedly to support his mother. The 47episode halfhour series aired nonconsecutively on nbc from april 16 to august 27, 1959, from october 1, 1959, to january 19, 1960, and, finally, from may 12 to. The 15 best portrayals of reallife gangsters in movies complex. The film concentrated on ellsworth bumpy johnson laurence fishburne, dutch schultz tim roth, and lucky luciano andy garcia. Schultz is painted as a crude braggart, lucky luciano is suave and insightful, and the most intriguing figure among the white characters is crime fighter thomas dewey, who ran for president in 1948 as a reformer, but is portrayed. Cornelius ryans 1959 book, the longest day, depicted dad as an eager and sometimeslost paratrooper dropped behind enemy lines on dday and richard beymer. One of the screenplays and, in turn, the movies most fascinating sections comes early on.
Dutch schultz born arthur flegenheimer in 1902 to german jewish parents, he dropped out of school in the 8th grade, started robbing street corner dice games, and was sent to juvenile prison at age 17 for burglary. The death of dutch schultz bonus episode gangland wire. Suddenly, schultz and waxeys lieutenant charles chink sherman exchanged punches on the crowded dance floor. The death of dutch schultz bonus episode from gangland. Vic morrow in portrait of a mobster 1961, vincent gardenia in mad dog coll 1961, james remar in the cotton club 1984, dustin hoffman in billy bathgate 1991, and tim roth in hoodlum 1997. Dutch is portrayed by tim roth, who expertly shows the characters. The film concentrated on ellsworth bumpy johnson laurence fishburne, dutch schultz tim roth.
He died soon after in the morning hours of the 24 th, but possibly not before he offered some clues to where he might have secreted a now lost treasure recently, i had the chance to go exploring in the area of where this. While building his own mob ring, he romances iris, the daughter of a man he killed. Hoodlum aims high if not always true the washington. Dutch schultz, byname of arthur flegenheimer, born aug.
This is the dutch schultz story as seen by billy bathgate a wanna be gangster. Billy bathgate is a big, generous movie entertainment of the kind that the old hollywood studios used to manufacture without financial fuss or. In the midst of serious discussions of criminal matters, dutch schultz, one of the flakiest of the big gang leaders, couldnt resist sticking it to joe adonis, a gangster always vain and proud of his good looks and star quality. Dutchs spirits signature product is new york sugar wash moonshine, a handcrafted tribute to schultzs hooch made in small batches with aroma notes of cut grass and butterscotch. He would learn that lucky luciano and the commission did not agree and he should never have challenged their judgment. Hoodlum, directed by bill duke, tells the story of ellsworth bumpy johnson, a black gangster who did battle with mobster dutch schultz in the 1930s. See more ideas about real gangster, dutch and mafia. Season 1, episode 8 the lost treasure of dutch schultz. The search for the lost treasure of dutch schultz visit. The mob has up until now let harlem run its own rackets, but dutch schultz tim roth moves in, trying to. On october 23 rd, 1935, dutch schultz, who was a major player in organized crime, was gunned down at the palace chop house in newark, new jersey. I cut this clip out to use for a video reply and thought i might as well post it.
He died on october 24, 1935 in newark, new jersey, usa. Dutch schultz was born on august 6, 1901 in bronx, new york, usa as arthur simon flegenheimer. With dustin hoffman, nicole kidman, loren dean, bruce willis. Dewey declares war on dutch schultz, describing the gangster as an evil force that has to be destroyed, the dutchman plots a hit on dewey. The last words of dutch schultz and his hidden treasure. But that is what happened in malone in the spring and summer of. However, this is a much better i too am a mafia buff who has long been waiting for a movie about dutch schultz lets just forget about billy bathgate. When iris marries a cop, schultz makes sure the cop goes bad and takes kickbacks from schultzs organization. The film costars nicole kidman, steven hill, steve buscemi, and bruce willis. The post the death of dutch schultz bonus episode appeared first on gangland wire. Season 1, episode 8 the lost treasure of dutch schultz first aired. Several actors have portrayed dutch schultz in film and television. The last words of dutch schultz is a closet screenplay by beat generation author william s. Billy bathgate is not the first movie in which a dutch schultz character has appeared.
Schultz was furious, claiming the commission tried to steal his rackets and was trying to feed him to the law. Flegenheimer to be exact was the real name of dutch schultz, a coldblooded bootlegging kingpin of the prohibition era who may have been. Released from jail in late 1920 he started working. The sugar wash moonshine has been on the market for four years, selling well enough that it has been sold out lately, the demand for it surpassing the. Dutch schultzs world of kill and be killed the new. The lost treasure of dutch schultz mysterious writings. Portrait of a mobster is a good little movie about the rise and fall of gangster dutch schultz, and is a fairly typical example of the nostalgic gangster films of the late fifties and early sixties, many of them biographies of famous criminals al capone, legs diamond, arnold rothstein. Look for bruce willis in a great supporting role at the start of the movie. Movie, hit the dutchman movie,hit the dutchman trailer,hit the. At first glance, this charming adirondack town seems an unlikely site for worldwide attention during the trial of a famous gangster. The dutch shultz story, lawless years episode youtube. Gere saves the life of gangster dutch schultz james remar, who in gratitude takes gere under his wing. Myral watson, berry parks and all the folks who have purchased or rented my movie, bought my book, downloaded the kansas city mob tour app or gave the podcast a. The world war ii exploits of dutch schultz have been documented.
The dutchman, was born arthur flegenheimer to a german jewish family in the bronx. This movie is based on speers autobiography of the same name. The bloody rise of notorious gangster dutch schultz in the underworld of new york city. While waltzing on the dance floor the two gangs began arguing over a female companion. Within a few years, dutch schultz was one of the biggest gangsters in new york, employing as many as 100 gunmen to enforce his racketsone of whom, legs diamond, split from schultz and started. Mobster dutch schultz found refuge at dominick petrillis. This movie portrays the rise and fall of 1920s gangster dutch schultz. During that period he was delirious most of the time, but had lucid intervals.
Dutch schultz it happened at an important meet of mob leaders in the mid1920s before the syndicate was formed. Find information about dutch schultz watch dutch schultz on allmovie. Dutch schultz thought it would be a good idea to kill new york special prosecutor thomas e. You can thank ben ellickson, mark ryan, myral watson, berry parks and all the folks who have purchased or rented my movie. Menace to society, 1997, with jack perkins, pete hamill, at turner classic movies. This film is an abstract representation of what schultz was trying to say. Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20s and 30s, billy bathgate is the story of a young mans rise from gopher to right hand man in dutch schultz gang. In an effort to avert his conviction, schultz asked the commission for permission to take out dewey, which they declined. Having been impressed by the youth, schultz takes him under his wing so to speak. Duke and his screenwriter, chris brancato, dont make hoodlum into a violent action film, though it has its bloody shootouts, but into more of a character study. Bumpy confronts schultz at the cotton club with vallies severed finger.
The mountainous region, only a couple hours from new york city, is now a popular place for tourists to enjoy lots of outdoor activities. They belonged to americas first generation of gangsters and gained their wealth and power through bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution during the age of prohibition. Dutch schultz is played in the movie by dustin hoffman, in one of his rare dispensable performances. He is rumored to have ordered the hit on arnold rothstein. Deweythe rackets prosecutor whod drawn up the tax indictment against him. The lawless years episode 05 the dutch schultz story. Hoodlum is a 1997 american crime drama film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the italianjewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s. August 6, 1902 october 24, 1935 was a new york cityarea german jewishamerican mobster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crimerelated activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket. The lawless years is the first television crime drama set during the roaring 20s, having predated abcs far more successful the untouchables with robert stack by six months. Here are notes taken at dutch schultzs deathbed in 1935.
The lawless years the dutch schultz story tv episode. Dads stories have struck a responsive chord he has been cast as everyman and symbolic of the citizen soldier. Burroughs, first published in 1970 based upon the life or, to be more precise, the death of 1930s germanjewishamerican gangster dutch schultz, the novel uses as its springboard schultzs surreal last words, which were delivered in the midst of highfever delirium after being mortally shot while. The cotton club 1984 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Dutch schultz ruled the numbers rackets until mob bosses ordered his murder. This video examines the case histories of three of americas most infamous gangsters, bugsy siegel, dutch schultz, and al capone. Jewish gangsters dutch schultz, herbie sperling, the. Dutch schultz, whose real name was arthur flegenheimer made his name and fortune in bootlegging alcohol and the numbers racket schultzs rackets were threatened by lucky luciano, and tax evasion trials lead by prosecutor thomas e. Dutch may be at the center of the story, but the novel is about billys perception of dutch, something not easily recreated in a movie in which the star plays the secondary role and a supporting. Dutch is portrayed by tim roth, who expertly shows the characters merciless cruelty and disregard for pretty much everbody. Born in the bronx, new york as arthur simon flegenheimer to german jewish immigrants, he later became known as dutch. Dutch had a great sense of humor, a wicked sense of humor. A dramatization of the life of albert speer, adolf hitlers young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the nazi hierarchy. Malone is the county seat of franklin county, new york. Billy bathgate is a 1991 american biographical gangster film directed by robert benton, starring loren dean as the title character and dustin hoffman as reallife gangster dutch schultz. Bumpy and his crew of nine waged a guerrilla war of sorts, and picking off dutch schultzs men was easy since there were few other white men walking around harlem.