Movie
Black Mass
Overview
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-09-17
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Vendian Entertainment, Infinitum Nihil, Head Gear Films, Cross Creek Pictures, Free State Pictures, RatPac Entertainment, Le Grisbi Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Johnny Depp as James 'Whitey' Bulger
- Joel Edgerton as John Connolly
- Julianne Nicholson as Marianne Connolly
- Dakota Johnson as Lindsey Cyr
- Kevin Bacon as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Billy Bulger
- Peter Sarsgaard as Brian Halloran
- Juno Temple as Deborah Hussey
- Jesse Plemons as Kevin Weeks
- David Harbour as John Morris
- Adam Scott as FBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick
- Corey Stoll as Fred Wyshak
Crew
- Scott Cooper - Director
- Jez Butterworth - Screenplay
- Mark Mallouk - Screenplay
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