Machine Gun Kelly 1958

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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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  2. I didn't like this movie at all. Bad acting, bad script. I would never watch it again like I do some old classics. It was just boring.

  6. Thanks for uploading this movie! It was great to see a young Charles Bronson acting in the early part of his career and I can see how his acting developed for his later roles as the vigilante in his more famous movies in the 60's and 70's. To see Bronson in his early days! Boy! What a treat! I think he did the part of the bad guy just right and I loved the dynamic between him and Flo, the classic bad brood always looking for the bad boys she can control.
    Some of the viewers complained about the ending being too weak but what they don't realize is that this was the 1950's. There was a lot of worry back then that these type of films glorified the gangster too much and would influence people to be "bad" so they didn't want Hollywood making a strong ending with the gangster going out in the blaze of glory like they did for the film "Scarface" in 1983. They heavily censored films that they felt glorified the gangster too much and sometimes they wouldn't approve them for release. So, to compromise and get their films released, Hollywood would make these films with an ending that had the strong gangster going out like a wimp and the cops looking like last-minute heroes. The other two classic gangster films, the original "Scarface" (1931) and "The Public Enemy" (1930) with James Cagney, had the same problem as well and those two films also had weak endings with both of the strong gangsters being killed in a wimpish way and the cops looking like superheroes at the end. They wanted to make sure that the public got the message – Gangster Life doesn't pay! All thugs, no matter how tough, end up dead (by cops!) so don't choose the thug life! Ha! Ha! Back then, that's how it was. So I hope now the viewers can understand and forgive the movie's weak ending but hey, Bronson was great in it so go ahead, give the film a chance!

  19. Bronson is 37 in this film. To see a real young Bronson look for the 1952 Red Skelton show episode featuring a 29 year old Charlie. He had been in one film at that point, You're In The Navy Now 1951 but this is his first tv appearance.

  22. boy that was funny! i loved it when he bitch slapped the dude at the gas station. MGK was a pretty regular guy. not the typical gangster. a small matter of selling booze on a indian reservation got him i think 10 years. His old lady was the driving force behind the myth of him being a expert machine gunner. she would leave spent brass everywhere the went to build him up in public. He would puke on the way to the bank jobs. shows what happens when a person becomes the victem of their own publicity….

  38. I found an old September 26, 1933 evening extra Denver Post with "Machine Gun Kelly Captured" headline. After reading the paper I came here.

  40. wow, a ton of ppl watched this old movie. I bet 100% of those who watched were rootin for Kelly. Ahh Americans, what ya gonna do with us. We love are bad guys as long as they dress good and are not illegal or ms13 trash.

  42. Bronson had just played a mute in The House of Wax with Vincent Price 5 years earlier. and that's Susan Cabot as Kelly's moll. her last movie was the following year where she starred in the Corman directed Wasp Woman. the gorgeous Barboura Morris played the kid's nurse. she was also in Wasp Woman. my oh my, there's Morey Amsterdam. I've never seen him in anything other than The Dick Van Dyke Show where he played the human joke machine, Buddy Sorrel.

  43. I think it's funny in these old gangster movies or old movies. When a female is in the seen how the horns change the sound hahahaha loooooove it

  44. maw , see , maw maw .
    you took my statement , see
    maw maw , see , now I'm goin to have to go Edward G Robinson on you , maw maw ,see . you don't mess wit Little Rico – Caesar and take my statement . maw maw maw , see .

  45. There were some WW II era movies that Charles Bronson starred in as "Charles Bronski", and I believe that includes "The Wax Museum". He wanted to sound more American and it worked out better for him.

  48. Big man hiding behind a machine gun. Maybe he wouldn't have been if he was pellet gun Kelly.Bronson plays great. So great, I hate him in this. Hitting a Lass too.

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