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Director:
Don Siegel
Writers:
Daniel Mainwaring (writer)
Irving Shulman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
22 April 1958 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime | Film-Noir more
Tagline:
More vicious than Little Caesar! More savage than Scarface! More brutal than Dillinger! The "baby-face b butcher" who lined 'em up -- chopped 'em down -- and terrorized a nation! more
Plot:
George "Babyface" Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1930's Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone he allies himself with John Dillinger... full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Public Enemies ... On A Scale of 1-10?
 (From Cinematical. 2 July 2009, 8:02 PM, PDT)

Review: Public Enemies
 (From Cinematical. 1 July 2009, 6:45 AM, PDT)

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Napoleon with a Tompson Submachine Gun more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mickey Rooney ... Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis

Carolyn Jones ... Sue
Cedric Hardwicke ... Doc Saunders (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Leo Gordon ... John Dillinger
Anthony Caruso ... John Hamilton

Jack Elam ... Fatso Nagel
John Hoyt ... Samuel Parker
Ted de Corsia ... Rocca
Elisha Cook Jr. ... Homer van Meter
Robert Osterloh ... Johnson
Thayer David ... Connelly
Dabbs Greer ... Charles Bonner
George E. Stone ... Mr. Hall, Bank Manager
Lisa Davis ... Ann Saper, the lady in red
Emile Meyer ... Mac
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Additional Details

Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:(Banned) (1958) | West Germany:18 (nf) | Finland:(Banned) (1958) | Sweden:(Banned) (February 1958)

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Movie Connections:
Remade as Baby Face Nelson (1995) more
Soundtrack:
I'm So In Love With You more

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Napoleon with a Tompson Submachine Gun, 14 March 2002
Author: Jeff Hill (jeffhill1) from Sapporo, Japan

In "Baby Face Nelson" Mickey Rooney has come a long way from his "I know. Let's put on a show" Andy Hardy solution to meeting the problems of the Depression. The cherubic teenager has become a cold eyed, cold blooded killer with a chip on his shoulder who delights in showing that despite his five foot three inch stature, he is a big man with a Tompson submachine gun.

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