UPA films once did a short called 'Willy the Kid,' where kids where playing out a western in their back yard. Now imagine if a producer had decided to do this with a bunch of kids and create a classic gangster story in the same vein, except this is actually happening rather than being envisioned in their imaginations.

1. Bugsy Malone stars a young Scott Baio and Jodie Foster. Long before he became Chachi on Happy Days, and Jodie was doing cameo spots and voice acting (she played Puggsley Addams on the 1976 animated series). Scott plays Bugsy Malone; Ms. Foster plays Tallulah.

2. Splurt Guns and Pies: Long before paint guns became the norm, Bugsy Malone has the villains using splurt guns and pies to 'cream' their victims, once hit the character is presumed dead. One hilarious scene is where "Fat Sam" attempts to fight against "Dandy Dan," while Fat Sam's stooge is about to throw pies, Dandy's boys end up 'creaming' him with a barrage of their splurt guns.

3. Funny musical interludes. Besides Tallulah's song in a club, the film has many songs for a gangster film.

Overall, Bugsy Malone deserves riffing for the sheer fact this is a gangster film played by kids and even the cars are pedal-powered, not to mention the two main stars later made it big.