Hungry for a taste of the good life, street-wise New York teenager, Billy Bathgate, joins the gang of fiery 1930's mobster, Dutch Schultz. Billy is seduced by the power, money and glamour of crime and quickly rises up through the ranks but when he falls for Drew Preston, Dutch's sultry, strong-willed girlfriend, he finds himself ensnared in a dangerous love triangle that just might get both of them killed. Based on a novel by E.L. Doctorow.