Newsies - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Newsies"
Newsies (1992)
Timing: 2:1 (121 min)
Newsies - TMDB rating
6.774/10
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Actors and characters

Photo Christian Bale #9001Photo Christian Bale #9002Photo Christian Bale #9003Photo Christian Bale #9004

Christian Bale

Christian Bale
Character Jack 'Cowboy' Kelly
Photo Bill Pullman #11848Photo Bill Pullman #11849Photo Bill Pullman #11850Photo Bill Pullman #11851

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman
Character Bryan Denton
Photo Ann-Margret #57331Photo Ann-Margret #57332Photo Ann-Margret #57333Photo Ann-Margret #57334

Ann-Margret

Ann-Margret
Character Medda Larkson
Photo Robert Duvall #11721Photo Robert Duvall #11722Photo Robert Duvall #11723Photo Robert Duvall #11724

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall
Character Joseph Pulitzer
Photo David Moscow #48836

David Moscow

David Moscow
Character David Jacobs
Photo Luke Edwards #52397

Luke Edwards

Luke Edwards
Character Les Jacobs
Photo Max Casella #31298Photo Max Casella #31299Photo Max Casella #31300Photo Max Casella #31301

Max Casella

Max Casella
Character Racetrack Higgins
Photo Gabriel Damon #86716

Gabriel Damon

Gabriel Damon
Character Spot Conlon
Photo Marty Belafsky #43165
Marty Belafsky
Character Crutchy
Photo Aaron Lohr #86767

Aaron Lohr

Aaron Lohr
Character Mush
Dee Caspary
Character Snitch
Photo Shon Greenblatt #150852

Shon Greenblatt

Shon Greenblatt
Character Oscar Delancey
Trey Parker
Character Kid Blink
Dominic Lucero
Character Bumlets
David Sidoni
Character Pie-Eater
Photo Kevin Stea #52766

Kevin Stea

Kevin Stea
Character Swifty the Rake
Photo Ele Keats #57660

Ele Keats

Ele Keats
Character Sarah Jacobs
Photo Jeffrey DeMunn #13939

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn
Character Mayer Jacobs
Photo Deborra-Lee Furness #57810

Deborra-Lee Furness

Deborra-Lee Furness
Character Esther Jacobs
Photo Marc Lawrence #1660Photo Marc Lawrence #1661

Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence
Character Kloppman
Photo Kevin Tighe #83139Photo Kevin Tighe #83140

Kevin Tighe

Kevin Tighe
Character Snyder
Photo Charles Cioffi #119688
Charles Cioffi
Character Seitz
Photo William Boyett #79057

William Boyett

William Boyett
Character Judge Movealong Monahan
Photo Shay Duffin #12316

Shay Duffin

Shay Duffin
Character Captain McSwain
Tom Finnegan
Character Bunsen
Photo Frank Novak #51883
Frank Novak
Character Policeman
Arvie Lowe, Jr.
Character Boots

What's left behind the scenes

  • Most of the young actors involved in the film underwent intensive training in dance and martial arts over ten weeks.
  • Originally, 'The Newsies' was intended to be a drama, not a musical.
  • Many of the film's newsboy characters are based on real people who participated in the 1899 strike, such as Spot Conlon, Racey Higgins, and Mushy Blink. At the same time, the character of Jack Kelly, played by Christian Bale, was fictional, although he may have been partially based on Mushy Blink, who was accused of being bribed by Pulitzer to end the strike. His friend David is to some extent based on another strike leader, Morris Cohen.
  • For a long time, the film remained the lowest-grossing live-action project in the entire history of the Disney studio.
  • The song "King of New York" was written by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman after filming had already wrapped, later becoming their favorite song in the entire film.
  • When Christian Bale performs the song "Santa Fe" in one episode, he is riding a horse. In the shot where his arms are raised and he is leaning back, the actor was actually riding on the shoulders of a stunt performer.
  • The dress worn by Elle Woods (Sara Jacobs) during the performance of "Off to the Races" was an authentic dress from 1899. Due to the delicate stitching and fragile condition, the costume designers were forced to remove the dress and mend small holes and tears in the fabric after each take.
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