Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
Acting
Pesci's whispered menace, Pacino's volcanic Hoffa, De Niro's hollow eyes.
Direction
Scorsese finally lets his monsters grow old and pathetic.
Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker weaving decades like memory itself.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro
Frank Sheeran
Al Pacino
Jimmy Hoffa
Joe Pesci
Russell Bufalino
Harvey Keitel
Angelo Bruno
Ray Romano
Bill Bufalino
Bobby Cannavale
Skinny Razor
Anna Paquin
Older Peggy Sheeran
Stephen Graham
Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano
Stephanie Kurtzuba
Irene Sheeran
Jack Huston
Robert Kennedy / RFK
Kathrine Narducci
Carrie Bufalino
Jesse Plemons
Chuckie O'Brien
Domenick Lombardozzi
Fat Tony Salerno
Paul Herman
Whispers DiTullio
Gary Basaraba
Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Netflix gave Scorsese $159 million after every studio balked at the runtime and de-aging tech, fundamentally changing how auteur epics get financed.
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