
Machine-Gun Kelly, the famous bank robber, seldom without his Thompson machine gun. The story opens with great jazzy music and a murder shown in shadows. His moll is the driving force behind his exploits. He has an exaggerated fear of death and death symbols. The sight of a coffin makes him freeze during a bank job, causing his lieutenant to lose his arm. Finally, the gang kidnaps a little girl along with her nurse and hold them for ransom.... (Full plot summary below)
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Machine-Gun Kelly, the famous bank robber, seldom without his Thompson machine gun. The story opens with great jazzy music and a murder shown in shadows. His moll is the driving force behind his exploits. He has an exaggerated fear of death and death symbols. The sight of a coffin makes him freeze during a bank job, causing his lieutenant to lose his arm. Finally, the gang kidnaps a little girl along with her nurse and hold them for ransom.
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| CinePassionFernando F. CroceRoger Corman's Macbeth, morbid and raffish |
| User ReviewDavid HOne of my favourite Gangster Movies and one of the few after the 40's who were very good one of Charles Bronson best Perfomances by one of the greatest Exploitation Directors of all Time Roger Corman |
| User ReviewRohan Gone of Corman's best. seriously. Bronson's the fuckin man, even when he's slightly pussy-whipped. |
| User ReviewMichael KLow budget 1955 movie directed by Roger Corman. |
| User ReviewPrivate UThis was a pretty good movie up until the ending... that was kind of lame IMO. |
| User ReviewKen SBronson is great in his first starring role. This Roger Corman crime flick is a lot of fun and whizzes by at a blistering 80 minutes |
| User ReviewJulien LUn film de gangster atypique. Une sorte de Bonnie and Clyde où Clyde serait complétement manipulé par Bonnie. Charles Bronson y est excellent, passant de la fureur à l'abattement en l'espace de quelques secondes. |
| User ReviewDave Rbronson does a pretty good job playing the title character - adding some complexity to the role. unfortunately there's no character for the audience to really connect with so we're left watching a bunch of unlikable characters. |
| User ReviewJarett BThere is nothing fancy about Bronson's first leading role. It's pretty low budget (there might be 4 set pieces...) and it plays more like a short newspaper article than a film. However, it's still great to see Brons rip things up. There is a ton of psychological pathways that could be explored with Kelly that would be very informative. Not much of his character is revealed here, but hopefully someday a film is produced that explores his darker side. |
| User ReviewAndrew IIt's really hard to recognize the Bronson that I know in his first lead role but it's a good one that befits from having Roger Corman behind it. Bronson as Kelly is a two bit hood who hides behind his tommy gun playing the heavy to those he's in cahoots w/ robbing banks & kidnapping little girls & their nurses. Im sometimes wary of b/w but Machine-Gun Kelly holds interest w/ a good cast (mostly for myself being a Bronson completest & any self worthy Bronson fans should see this) & a good script w/ some insane dialogue w/ the like 'when rabbits roar you know it's bad times'..what the fuck? I guess they talked like that in the 30s. Fun drive-in. |