The Cry Baby Killer
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
After Jimmy Wallace is beaten by Manny Cole and his friends over Carole, Jimmy confronts him and challenges him to a fight outside the café; during a struggle, Jimmy grabs a gun from one of Manny's friends and two gunshots ring out. A nearby police officer corners Jimmy, who then rushes into a room and takes a worker and a mother with her baby hostage. After a prolonged and tense hostage situation, Carole begs Jimmy to come out, who then does, surrendering himself to the police and releasing the hostages.
More details
| author | Leo Gordon Melvin Levy |
|---|---|
| director | Jus Addiss |
| editor | Irene Morra |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | hostage situation police officer |
| musicBy | Gerald Fried |
| producer | Roger Corman |
| publisher | Allied Artists Pictures Corporation |
| theme | exploitation independent |