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William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, was the leader of the Washington Street Gang, which later became known as the Bowery Boys gang. He was a local leader of the Know Nothing political movement in mid-19th-century New York City.
Oct 3, 2019 · Learn about William Poole, the anti-immigrant pugilist who led the Bowery Boys in 1850s New York. Discover his violent fights, his political rivalry with John Morrissey, and his tragic death at age 33.
Gangs of New York: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent. In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher; his father's killer.
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- Martin Scorsese
- 2002-12-20
Sep 12, 2023 · Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York is a complex and heavy film whose ending could use some explaining. The 2002 drama stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role of Amsterdam Vallon, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as the dastardly villain William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting.
Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting : Everything you see belongs to me, to one degree or another. The beggars and newsboys and quick thieves here in Paradise, the sailor dives and gin mills and blind tigers on the waterfront, the anglers and amusers, the she-hes and the Chinks. Everybody owes, everybody pays.
In the 1846 slum of the Five Points, two rival gangs, the Anglo-Protestant Confederation of American Natives, led by William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting, and the Irish Catholic immigrant Dead Rabbits, led by "Priest" Vallon, engage in their final battle to determine which faction will hold sway over the territory.
Nov 19, 2023 · In this scene from Gangs of New York, Amsterdam (Leonardo Dicaprio) and Bill "The Butcher" (Daniel Day-Lewis) have a knife spar that leads to one getting wou...
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- Paramount Movies
