The Cry Baby Killer (1958) on Netflix
TV-1419581h 1mCrimeDramaThriller
Manny Cole and his friends beat Jimmy Wallace over Carole Fields. At a café Jimmy challenges Manny, a struggle brings two gunshots, and Jimmy holds two hostages.
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Plot summary
Jimmy Wallace is a teenage boy. Manny Cole and his friends have beaten him over Carole Fields, and when Jimmy finds the group at a café, he confronts Manny and challenges him to fight outside. A struggle follows, and one of Manny's friends is carrying a gun; Jimmy gets hold of it. Two gunshots ring out, and Jimmy believes he has killed someone. Panic takes hold of him. A police officer who was nearby corners Jimmy, so he rushes into a room and holds two people hostage, a mother with her baby and a worker, and a prolonged and tense hostage situation begins.
Cast
- Carolyn Mitchellas Carole Fields
- Ralph Reedas Joey Clamont
- John Shayas Glen Gannon
- William A. Forresteras Carl Maxton
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Cry Baby Killer (1958)
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- Jack Nicholson thought his part in The Cry Baby Killer would make him big, but said he then did not get even an interview for the next year, calling the film humiliating but good for him.
- While Corman was overseas, much of the script was changed by producer Kamarsky; Corman got back to Hollywood two days before filming began and tried to reverse the changes, but only partly succeeded.
- Jack Nicholson got the part on the recommendation of his acting teacher Jeff Corey; Corman said he cast Nicholson, but producer Kamarsky claimed he was the one who cast him, with Corman's approval.
- Corman had a script from Leo Gordon and planned to direct it himself; the story came from Gordon and was based on a real life siege at a cafe in Inglewood.
- Corman said The Cry Baby Killer was the first film he produced that didn't return a profit, though he noted it earned back its budget from TV sales.
