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      Baby Face Nelson

      1957 1h 25m Crime Drama List
      Reviews 50% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score The pint-size public enemy (Mickey Rooney) joins Dillinger's gang and is hunted down by the FBI. Read More Read Less

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      kevin w A typical gangster flick, especially typical because the star power gives the thing wings. Mickey Rooney as a psycho killer? You will believe it when you see it, and Carolyn Jones as the strangely obsessed girlfriend also plays true. Directed by Don Siegel, this baby is a surprise from start to finish, particularly as Rooney plays the killer as a barely controlled coward. Good stuff. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Nothing special but a good early spotlight role for Carolyn Jones. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Mediocre cops and robbers tale. Though released in 1957, the black n white film appears to be made in 1937. Mickey Rooney stars in his breakout role as a real adult (instead of that series as Andy Hardy). The real star for me is the outrageously appealing Carolyn Jones (who was obviously copied in Pulp Fiction). [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c8/Babyfacenelson.jpg/220px-Babyfacenelson.jpg[/img] Older movie fans will recognize many of the cast from many films. [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcToZf7mzUfYnYPMFw3P1tSHLP6MDVzKO5vaaPogD_9tP90XYdWm[/img] Mickey Rooney as the psychotic killer Baby Face SEE the entire film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4qQ80rlwos [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_y9LabcTvUWZtYVw_8gNWA-p1MPkq1BUU45oOmND-jb5lypO5yg[/img] Rooney and Jones as lovers Professional Reviews: 1 Film critic Bosley Crowther panned the film writing, "Baby Face Nelson, is a thoroughly standard, pointless and even old-fashioned gangster picture, the kind that began going out along with the oldtime sedans." 2 Film critic Dennis Schwartz wrote a somewhat positive review of the film, writing, "Don Siegel's (Charley Varrick/Riot in Cell Block 11/Dirty Harry) raw and twitchy gangster biopic about a thirties public enemy Number No. 1 is typical bang-bang stuff but is fluidly shot. Rooney's flowery performance as the trigger-happy hood with the inferiority complex over being short and the wall-to-wall action, give this Prohibition-era set B-film its pulse." NOTES: 1 A low budget film shot in 17 days. [ing]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRnPcDhUMzbU8r6bEgCPJlhhZB_r5rzCTsuJUYHvXSgdmKf6_-d[/img] The devoted girlfriend of Baby Face Nelson is stunning Carolyn Jones Directed by Don Siegel Produced by Al Zimbalist Screenplay by Irving Shulman Story by Daniel Mainwaring Robert Adler Irving Shulman Starring Mickey Rooney Carolyn Jones Cedric Hardwicke Leo Gordon Jack Elam Elisha Cook, Jr. [img]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTw75XO__l_cfvhx9ufSZ7K73We24QR-_PIJoJ8eZ8PalpeibWu[/img] The real Baby Face Nelson Music by Van Alexander Cinematography Hal Mohr Editing by Leon Barsha Studio Fryman Enterprises Distributed by United Artists Release dates December 1, 1957 (United States) Running time 85 minutes [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfJU3GscRLUf1yulLA54pUoD3Q8b-uI4AHjqHoXbLkLcMGXTCu[/img] Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Keeps the attention of the viewer. Rooney doesn't appear to be chewing the scenery this time around... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dave Kehr Chicago Reader It's taut, fast, simple, and electrically cathartic. Feb 10, 2007 Full Review Bosley Crowther New York Times A thoroughly standard, pointless and even old-fashioned gangster picture, the kind that began going out along with the oldtime sedans. Rated: 1.5/5 Feb 10, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: B Feb 5, 2013 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Raw and twitchy gangster biopic about a thirties public enemy Number No. 1 is typical bang-bang stuff. Rated: B- Feb 7, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis The pint-size public enemy (Mickey Rooney) joins Dillinger's gang and is hunted down by the FBI.
      Director
      Don Siegel
      Screenwriter
      Daniel Mainwaring, Irving Shulman
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 25m