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The Cry Baby Killer
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Wikipedia article
'The Cry Baby Killer' is a 1958 teen exploitation film produced by Roger Corman that marked Jack Nicholson's film debut. The film was out of print and difficult to find until 2006, when it was issued on DVD for the first time by Buena Vista Home Entertainment as part of its Roger Corman Classics series.
Plot
Seventeen-year-old Jimmy Wallace panics after he thinks he has committed manslaughter while fighting with a group of teenage hoodlums. Wallace then takes a random man and woman, and the woman's infant, hostage inside a food shelter outside a popular local restaurant, and threatens them if they try to escape. This leads to a stand-off with a police force led by the sympathetic detective, Lieutenant Porter, who tries to avoid bloodshed. Meanwhile, an eager crowd of onlookers and a news reporter gather outside to see what will happen next.
Production
Corman later claimed that 'The Cry Baby Killer' was the first film that he produced that did not return a profit, although he said that it earned back its from television rights. Corman also said that he had been abroad during preproduction while much of the script was changed by the producer. Corman returned to Hollywood two days before filming began and tried to reverse the changes, but was only partially successful.Ed. J. Philip di Franco, 'The Movie World of Roger Corman', Chelsea House Publishers, 1979, page 1617.
Cast
*Harry Lauter as Police Lt. Porter
*Jack Nicholson as Jimmy Wallace
*Carolyn Mitchell as Carole Fields
*Brett Halsey as Manny Cole
*Lynn Cartwright as Julie
*Barbara Knudson as Mrs. Maxton
*William A. Forester as Carl Maxton
*John Shay as Police Officer Gannon
*Ralph Reed as Joey
*Bill Erwin as Mr. Wallace
*Ed Nelson as Rick Connor
*Smoki Whitfield as Sam
*John Weed as Police Sgt. Reed
*Frank Richards as Pete Gambelli
See also
* List of American films of 1958
References
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