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Black Mass

Black Mass

Keep your enemies close.

20156.52h 3m

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.

Directed by Scott Cooper
Written by Jez Butterworth, Mark Mallouk, Dick Lehr
Produced by Brian Oliver, Scott Cooper, John Lesher
Box OfficeBudget: $53.0MRevenue: $100.0M

Top Cast

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

James 'Whitey' Bulger

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

John Connolly

Julianne Nicholson

Julianne Nicholson

Marianne Connolly

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson

Lindsey Cyr

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

FBI Agent Charles McGuire

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Billy Bulger

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Brian Halloran

Juno Temple

Juno Temple

Deborah Hussey

Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons

Kevin Weeks

David Harbour

David Harbour

John Morris

Themes & Keywords

prostitutecorruptionboston, massachusettsgangsterfbisenatorbased on true storyirish mobbeaten to deathpay phonemurderorganized crimeextortionbrutalityinformantillness1980s

About Black Mass

Black Mass is a drama, crime, history film released in 2015 exploring themes of prostitute, corruption, boston, massachusetts, gangster, fbi, senator. Directed by Scott Cooper, it stars Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Julianne Nicholson. 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.

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