Machine-Gun Kelly

Machine-Gun Kelly
Directed by	Roger Corman
Produced by	Roger Corman
Written by	Robert Wright Campbell
Starring	Charles Bronson Susan Cabot Morey Amsterdam Jack Lambert
Music by	Gerald Fried
Cinematography	Floyd D.Crosby
Editing by	Ronald Sinclair
Studio	American International Pictures
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date(s)	1958 (1958)
Running time	80 min.
Country	United States

Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) is a film directed by Roger Corman, chronicling the criminal activities of the real-life George "Machine Gun" Kelly. The film was considered low budget, but received good critical reviews.^[1] The film was the first lead role for actor Charles Bronson. Following the 1967 success of Bonnie and Clyde, American International Pictures rereleased the film as a double feature with The Bonnie Parker Story.

Plot

The film starts by showing a bank robbery orchestrated by Kelly and other partners, including his love interest. It then examines Kelly's personality and events that lead to discord among his group. A botched bank robbery causes one of his partners, Michael Fandango, portrayed by typical jokester Morey Amsterdam, to lose an arm. Kelly, perhaps goaded on by his girlfriend, kidnaps the daughter of a wealthy businessman for ransom, which leads to the climax of the film.

Cast

The film was the first lead role for actor Charles Bronson who would later be acclaimed for roles in Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, and the Death Wish series. Susan Cabot was the female lead, as part of her agreement with director Roger Corman, for whom her roles would be the end of her film career.

Box office

The film had an estimated budget of $100,000.^[2]

References

External links

Machine-Gun Kelly at the Internet Movie Database